Aphanosauria

Aphanosaurs; Temporal range: Middle Triassic
	Illustration of †Yarasuchus deccanensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Avemetatarsalia
Clade:	†Aphanosauria; Nesbitt et al., 2017
Genera
	†Spondylosoma; †Yarasuchus; †Dongusuchus; †Teleocrater;

The aphanosaurs (Aphanosauria) are newly recognized group of avemetatarsalians that were quadrupedal carnivores. They include a handful of mostly Triassic animals and are phylogenetically the oldest known representatives of Avemetatarsalia.^[1]

References

^ Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Butler, Richard J.; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Barrett, Paul M.; Stocker, Michelle R.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Smith, Roger M. H.; Sidor, Christian A.; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Charig, Alan J. (2017). "The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur body plan". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature22037.

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[1] Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Butler, Richard J.; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Barrett, Paul M.; Stocker, Michelle R.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Smith, Roger M. H.; Sidor, Christian A.; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Charig, Alan J. (2017). "The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur body plan". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature22037.

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