Diapsida (Genus: 114; Species: 129)
CLASS: REPTILIA Laurenti, 1768
= CLASS: MONOCONDYLIA Cope, 1890
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
= PARADIAPSIDA
= INFRASERIES: DIAPSIDA BENTON & NORMAN, in BENTON, 1985
= CLASS: EUOSTEICHTHYES WILEY, 1979 (partim)
= INFRACLASS: CHOANATA
= SUPERDIVISION: AMNIOTA WILEY, 1979
= DIVISION: SAUROPSIDA WILEY, 1979 (sedis mutabilis)
Incertae sedis
= Subfamily: CHELYPOSUCHINAE Kuhn, 1946
= Family: PALACRODONTIDAE Haughton, 1924
= Family: FREMOUWSAURIDAE Gow, 1992
Genus: Chelyposuchus KUHN, 1939
= Chelyoposaurus HUENE, 1958 (sic)
= Chelyposuchus ROMER, 1966 (sic)
C. crassiquamatus KUHN, 1939 (Type)
Note: was thought to be a placodont. PINNA, 1999 believes otherwise.
Genus: Crurosaurus HUENE, 1902 (nomen dubium)
C. problematicus HUENE, 1902 (Type)
Note: was thought to be a placodont. PINNA, 1999 believes otherwise.
Genus: Dolerosaurus BUTLER, 2013
D. trauthi (HEUNE, 1939) BUTLER, 2013 (Type)
= Francosuchus trauthi HUENE, 1939
= Palaeorhinus? (Francosuchus) trauthi (HUENE, 1939)
WESTPHAL, 1976
= Palaeorhinus? trauthi (HUENE, 1939) OLSHEVSKY, 1992
Genus: Entoplastrites HUENE, 1956
E. nuertingensis HUENE, 1956 (Type)
Genus: Horaffia KLEIN & HAGDORN, 2014
H. kugleri KLEIN & HAGDORN, 2014 (Type)
Genus: Microzemiotes BURCH, EDDINS, STOCKER, KLIGMAN, MARSH, PARKER & NESBITT, 2024
M. sonselaensis BURCH, EDDINS, STOCKER, KLIGMAN, MARSH, PARKER & NESBITT, 2024 (Type)
Genus: Palacrodon BROOM, 1906
= Fremouwsaurus GOW, 1992
P. browni BROOM, 1906 (Type)
= Fremouwsaurus geludens GOW, 1992
Note: Broom (1906) placed Palacrodon in Rhynchocephalia; Malan (1963) disagreed and suggested it was either a lizard or procolophonid. Gow (1999) synonymized Fremouwsaurus geludens (Gow, 1992) with Palacrodon. Kligman et al. (2018) place it within Diapsida.
P. parkeri JENKINS, BELL, HANCOX & LEWIS, 2023 (published 2024)
= Palacrodon browni KLIGMAN, MARSH & PARKER, 2018
Genus: Plesiosaurus non CONYBEARE, 1821
P. italicus De ZIGNO 1883 (nomen dubium)
Genus: Psammosaurus MEYER, 1834 non FITZINGER, 1826 (nomen dubium) (Psammosaurus griseus Varanidae)
P. tau MEYER, 1834 (nomen dubium)
P. batachioides MEYER, 1834 (nomen dubium)
P. laticostatus MEYER, 1834 (nomen dubium)
Note: Lacerten MEYER, 1834
Genus: Stauromatodon SOBRAL, SUES & SCHOCH, 2021
S. mohli SOBRAL, SUES & SCHOCH, 2021 (Type)
Genus: Tamaulipasaurus CLARK & HERNANDEZ R., 1994
T. morenoi CLARK & HERNANDEZ R., 1994 (Type)
ORDER: ARAEOSCELIDA WILLISTON 1913
= ORDER: KADALIOSAURIA CASE, 1915
= ORDER: AREOSCELIA NOPCSA, 1923
= SUBCLASS: ARAEOSCELOMORPHI HAY, 1930
= ORDER: AREOSCELIDIA TATARINOV, 1964
= SUBCLASS: ARAEOSCELOMORPHA KUHN, 1968
Incertae sedis
Genus: Dictybolus OLSON, 1970
D. tener OLSON, 1970 (Type)
Genus: Halgaitosaurus HENRICI, BERMAN, SUMIDA & HUTTENLOCKER, 2023
= Araeoscelida n. sp HUTTENLOCKER, HENRICI, NELSON, ELRICK, BERMAN, SCHLOTTERBECK & SUMIDA, 2018
H. gregarious HENRICI, BERMAN, SUMIDA & HUTTENLOCKER, 2023 (Type)
SUBORDER: ARAEOSCELOIDEA NOPCSA, 1928
= ORDER: ARAEOSCELOIDEA NOPCSA, 1928
Incertae sedis
Genus: Spinoequalis DEBRAGA & REISZ, 1995
= Spinoequalis DILKES & DEBRAGA, 1993 (nomen nudum)
S. schultzi DEBRAGA & REISZ, 1995 (Type)
= Spinoequalis schultziDILKES & DEBRAGA, 1993 (nomen nudum)
Family: PETROLACOSAURIDAE Lane, 1915
= PLESION: PETROLACOSAURIDAE Peabody, 1952
Genus: Petrolacosaurus LANE, 1945
= Podargosaurus LANE, 1945
P. kansensis LANE, 1945 (Type)
= Podargosaurus hibbardi LANE, 1945
Family: ARAEOSCELIDAE Williston, 1910
Genus: Zarcasaurus BRINKMAN, BERMAN & EBERTH, 1984
Z. tanyderus BRINKMAN, BERMAN & EBERTH, 1984 (Type)
Subfamily: ARAEOSCELINAE Williston, 1910
= Family: KADALIOSAURIDAE Case, 1915
Genus: Aphelosaurus GERVAIS, 1859 (nomen dubium)
A. lutevensis GERVAIS, 1859 (Type)
Genus: Araeoscelis WILLISTON, 1910
= Ophiodeirus BROOM, 1913
= Tomicosaurus HAY, 1929
A. gracilis WILLISTON, 1910 (Type)
A. casei (BROOM, 1913) VAUGHN, 1955
= Ophiodeirus casei BROOM, 1913
Genus: Kadaliosaurus CREDNER, 1889
= Cadalosaurus BOULENGER, 1891 (sic)
K. priscus CREDNER, 1889 (Type)
CLADE NAME: NEOVARANOPIA emend SPINDLER, WERNEBURG, SCHNEIDER, LUTHARDT, ANNACKER & RÖßLER, 2019
= CLADE NAME: NEOVARANOPSIA SPINDLER, WERNEBURG, SCHNEIDER, LUTHARDT, ANNACKER & RÖßLER, 2019
Family: VARANOPIDAE emend Romer & Price, 1940,
REISZ & DILKES, 2003
= Family: VARANOPSEIDAE Romer & Price, 1940
Note: The Varanopidae was originally placed in the pelycosauria, and that had been followed for decades; however, it is now placed in the Diapsida (Ford et al., 2018, MacDougal et al., 2018, and Modesto, 2020)
Genus: Aerosaurus ROMER, 1937
A. greenleeorum ROMER, 1937 (Type)
A. wellesi LANGSTON & REISZ, 1981
Genus: Apsisaurus LAURIN,
1991
A. witteri LAURIN, 1991 (Type)
Genus: Archaeovenator REISZ & DILKES, 2003
A. hamiltonensis REISZ & DILKES, 2003 (Type)
Genus: Ascendosaurus SPINDLER, WERNEBURG, SCHNEIDER, LUTHARDT, ANNACKER & RÖßLER, 2019
A. nestleri SPINDLER, WERNEBURG, SCHNEIDER, LUTHARDT, ANNACKER & RÖßLER, 2019 (Type)
Genus: Dendromaia MADDIN, MANN & HERBERT, 2020
D. unamakiensis MADDIN, MANN & HERBERT, 2020 (Type)
Genus: Eoscansor LUCAS, RINEHART, CELESKEY, BERMAN & HENRICI, 2022
E. cobrensis LUCAS, RINEHART, CELESKEY, BERMAN & HENRICI, 2022 (Type)
Genus: Orovenator REISZ, MODESTO & SCOTT, 2011
O. mayorum REISZ, MODESTO & SCOTT, 2011 (Type)
Genus: Pyozia ANDERSON & REISZ,
2004
P. mesenensis ANDERSON & REISZ, 2004 (Type)
Genus: Ruthiromia EBERTH & BRINKMAN, 1983
R. elcobriensis EBERTH & BRINKMAN, 1983 (Type)
Genus: Thrausmosaurus FOX,
1962
T. serratidens FOX, 1962 (Type)
T. sp
Genus: Nova WONG KEN, REISZ, & MAY, 2010
Subfamily: MESENOSAURINAE Romer 1956
= Family: MESENOSAURIDAE Romer, 1956
Genus: Cabarzia SPINDLER, WERNEURG & SCHNEIDER, 2019
C. trostheidei SPINDLER, WERNEURG & SCHNEIDER, 2019 (Type)
Genus: Mesenosaurus EFREMOV,
1940
= Mesonosaurus IVAKHENKO & KURZANOV, 1979 (sic)
M. romeri EFREMOV, 1940 (Type)
M. efremovi MAHO, GEE & REISZ, 2019
M. sp
Sufamily: HELEOSAURINAE Haughton, 1924
= Family: HELEOSAURIDAE Haughton, 1924
= Family: HELEOSAURIDAE Haughton, 1924
= Subfamily: MYCTEROSAURINAE Reisz & Berman, 2001
= CLADE NAME: AFROTHYRA SPINDLER, WERNEBURG, SCHNEIDER, LUTHARDT, ANNACKER & RÖßLER, 2019
Genus: Elliotsmithia BROOM,
1937
E. longiceps BROOM, 1937 (Type)
Genus: Heleosaurus BROOM,
1907
= Heliosaurus HUENE, 1956 (sic)
H. scholtzi BROOM, 1907 (Type)
Note: Broom (1907) placed it as a basal diapsid; Carroll (1976) placed it in the eosuchian family Younginidae or possibly as an ancestral archosaurian, whereas Reisz & Modesto (2007) and Botha-Brink et al. (2009) placed it in the family Varanopidae, subfamily Mycterosaurinae. However, because the family Heleosauridae Haughton (1924) is the older name, the subfamily is Heleosauridae and not Mycterosaurinae
Genus: Microvaranops SPINDLER, WERNEBURG, SCHNEIDER, LUTHARDT, ANNACKER & RÖßLER, 2019
M. parentis SPINDLER, WERNEBURG, SCHNEIDER, LUTHARDT, ANNACKER & RÖßLER, 2019 (Type)
Genus: Mycterosaurus WILLISTON, 1915
= Basicranodon VAUGHN, 1958
= Eumatthevia BROOM, 1930
M. longiceps WILLISTON, 1915 (Type)
= Eumatthevia bolli BROOM, 1930
= Basicranodon fortsillensis VAUGHN, 1958
M. sp
Subfamily: VARANOPIINAE emend Romer & Price, 1940
= Subfamily: VARANOPSIINAE Romer & Price, 1940
= Family: WATONGIIDAE Sigogneau-Russell, 1989
= Subfamily: VARANODONTINAE Reisz & Berman, 2001
Genus: Tambacarnifex BERMAN, HENRICI, SUMIDA, MARTENS, & PELLETIER, 2014
T. unguifalcatus BERMAN, HENRICI, SUMIDA, MARTENS, & PELLETIER, 2014 (Type)
Genus: Varanodon OLSON, 1965
V. agilis OLSON, 1965 (Type)
Genus: Varanops WILLISTON, 1914
V. brevirostris (WILLISTON, 1911) WILLISTON, 1914 (Type)
= Varanosaurus brevirostris WILLISTON, 1911
V. sp
Genus: Watongia OLSON, 1974
W. meieri OLSON, 1974 (Type)
Note: Olson, (1974) originally referred it to Gorgonopsidae (also Gorgonopidae), Carroll (1988) placed it in the Eotitanosuchia, and Reisz & Laurin (2004) placed it in the Varanopidae.
Genus: Nova: MADDIN, EVAND & REISZ, 2005
CLADE NAME: NEOREPTILIA FORD & BENSON, 2020
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
= STEM-GROUP: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
= SUPERDIVISION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
= SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
= ORDER: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1984
Incertae sedis
Genus: Adelosaurus HANCOCK & HOWSE, 1870
A. huxleyi HANCOCK & HOWSE, 1870 (Type)
Genus: Aenigmasaurus PARRINGTON, 1953 (nomen dubium)
A. grallator PARRINGTON, 1953 (Type)
Genus: Elachistosuchus JANENSCH, 1949
E. huenei JANENSCH, 1949 (Type)
Note: Janensch (1949) placed it as a pseudosuchian archosaur; Walker (1966) placed it as a rhynchocephalian; Chen et al. (2014) recovered it as the sister taxon of Choristodera; Sobrial et al. (2015) placed it Neodiapsida.
Genus: Lacertulus CARROLL & THOMPSON, 1982 (nomen dubium)
L. bipes CARROLL & THOMPSON, 1982 (Type)
Genus: Lanthanolania MODESTO & REISZ,
(2002) 2003
L. ivakhnenkoi MODESTO & REIZSZ, (2002)
2003 (Type)
Genus: Leptocraniopsis DILKES & DEBRAGA, 1993
L. hamiltensis DILKES & DEGRAGA, 1993 (Type)
Genus: Maiothisavros MOONEY, MAHO, BEVITT & REISZ, 2022
M. dianeae MOONEY, MAHO, BEVITT & REISZ, 2022 (Type)
Genus: Plesiosaurus non CONYBEARE, 1821
= Plesiosaurus doedicomus OWEN, 1840
ORDER: EOSUCHIA BROOM, 1914
Incertae sedis
Family: PALAEAGAMIDAE Huene, 1956
Genus: Palaeagama BROOM, 1926
P. vielhaueri BROOM, 1926 (Type)
PLESION CLAUDIOSAURIDAE BENTON & NORMAN, in BENTON, 1985
Family: CLAUDIOSAURIDAE Carroll, 1981
Genus: Claudiosaurus CARROLL, 1981
C. germaini CARROLL, 1981 (Type)
PLESION: GALESPHYRIDAE BENTON & NORMAN, in BENTON, 1985
Family: GALESPHYRIDAE Currie, 1981
Genus: Galesphyrus BROOM, 1914
G. capensis BROOM, 1914 (Type)
PLESION: YOUNGINIFORMES BENTON & NORMAN, in BENTON, 1985
= DIVISION: YOUNGINIFORMES ROMER, 1945
Superfamily: YOUNGINOIDEA Broom, 1914 (sensu Currie, 1981)
Family: YOUNGINIIDAE Broom, 1914
= Family: YOUNGINIIDAE Broom, 1914 (sensu Romer, 1956)
Genus: Acerosodontosaurus CURRIE, 1980
A. piveteaui CURRIE, 1980 (Type)
Genus: Youngina BROOM, 1914
= Youngoides OLSON & BROOM,1937
= Youngopsis BROOM, 1937
Y. capensis BROOM, 1914 (Type)
= Youngina gracilis BROOM
= Youngoides romeri OLSON & BROOM, 1937
= Youngopsis kitchingi BROOM, 1937
= Youngopsis rubidgei BROOM & ROBINSON, 1948
= Youngoides minor BROOM & ROBINSON, 1948
Y. sp
Family: TANGASAURIDAE Haughton, 1924
Subfamily: KENYASAURINAE Currie, 1982
Genus: Kenyasaurus HARRIS & CARROLL, 1977
K. mariakaniensis HARRIS & CARROLL, 1977 (Type)
Genus: Thadeosaurus CARROLL, 1981
T. colcanapi CARROLL, 1981 (Type)
= Broomia madagascariensis PIVETEAU, 1925
= Datheosaurus sp PIVETEAU, 1926
= Tangasaurus
mennilli PIVETEAU, 1926 (partim)
Subfamily: TANGASAURINAE Haughton, 1924 (sensu Currie, 1982)
Genus: 'Datheosaurus'
= Tangasaurus
mennelli PIVETEAU 1926 (partim)
Genus: Hovasaurus PIVETAEU, 1926
H. boulei PIVETAEU, 1926 (Type)
= Tangasaurus mennelli PIVETEAU 1926 (partim).
H. ranohirensis BALOGE & DUTUIT,
1982
Genus: Tangasaurus HAUGHTON, 1924
T. mennelli HAUGHTON, 1924 (Type)
SUBORDER: AVICEPHALA SENTER, 2004
Family: WEIGELTISAURIDAE Kuhn, 1939
= Family: COELUROSAURAVIDAE Currie, 1981
= Family: PALAEOCHAMAELEONTIDAE Romer, 1933?
= PLESION: WEIGELTISAURIDAE BENTON & NORMAN, in BENTON, 1985
Subfamily: WEIGELTISAURINAE Kuhn, 1939
Genus: Coelurosauravus PIVETEAU,
1926
= Daedalosaurus CARROLL, 1978
C.
elivensis PIVETEAU,
1926 (Type)
= Daedalosaurus
madagascariensis CARROLL, 1978
Genus: Rautiania BULANOV & SENNIKOV, 2006
R. alexandri BULANOV & SENNIKOV, 2006 (Type)
R. minchi BULANOV & SENNIKOV, 2006
R. sp
Genus: Weigeltisaurus KUHN, 1936
= Gracilisaurus WEIGELT, 1930
= Palaeochamaeleo WEIGELT, 1930 non DE STEFANO, 1903 (Palaeochamaeleo europaeus Agamidae)
W.
jaekeli (WEIGELT, 1930) KUHN, 1936
(Type)
= Palaeochamaeleo
jaekeli WEIGELT, 1930
= Coelurosauravus jaekeli (WEIGELT, 1930) EVANS & HAUBOLD, 1987
= Gracilisaurus
ottoi WEIGELT, 1930
Subfamily: GLAURUNGINAE Bulanov & Sennikov, 2015
Genus: Glaurung BULANOV &
SENNIKOV, 2015
G. schneideri BULANOV & SENNIKOV, 2015 (Type)
Family: LONGISQUAMIDAE Sharov, 1970
= PARAORDER: BASITHEROPODA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (partim)
Genus: Longisquama SHAROV,
1970
= Longisquamata McLOUGHLIN, 1979 (sic)
L. insignis SHAROV, 1970 (Type)
INFRAORDER: SIMIOSAURIA SENTER, 2004
= CLADE NAME: DREPANOSAUROMORPHA RENESTO, SPIELMANN, LUCAS & SPAGNOLI, 2010
Incertae sedis
Genus: Ancistronychus GONCALVES & SIDOR, 2019
A. paradoxus GONCALVES & SIDOR, 2019 (Type)
Genus: Hypuronector COLBERT & OLSEN, 2001
H. limnaios COLBERT & OLSEN, 2001 (Type)
Genus: Wachtlerosaurus PERNER, 2018
W. ladinicus PERNER, 2018 (Type)
CLADE NAME: ELYUROSAURIA RENESTO, SPIELMANN, LUCAS & SPAGNOLI, 2010
Incertae sedis
Genus: Vallesaurus WILD,
1991
V. cenensis WILD, 1991 (Type)
V. zorzinensis RENESTO, SPIELMANN, LUCAS & SPAGONLI,
2010
Family: DREPANOSAURIDAE Pinna, 1980
Genus: Avicranium PRITCHARD & NESBITT, 2017
A. cranium PRITCHARD & NESBITT, 2017 (Type)
Genus: Kyrgyzsaurus ALIFANOV & KUROCHKIN, 2011
K. bukhanchenkoi ALIFANOV & KUROCHKIN, 2011 (Type)
Genus: Skybalonyx JENKINS, PRITCHARD, MARSH, KLIGMAN, SIDOR & REED, 2020
S. skapter JENKINS, PRITCHARD, MARSH, KLIGMAN, SIDOR & REED, 2020 (Type)
Genus: Unguinychus PUGH, NESBITT, HECKERT, LAUER & LAUER, 2024
U. onyx PUGH, NESBITT, HECKERT, LAUER & LAUER, 2024 (Type)
Subfamily: DREPANOSAURINAE Pinna, 1980
Genus: Drepanosaurus PINNA,
1980
D. unguicaudatus PINNA, 1980 (Type)
D.
sp
Subfamily: MEGALANCOSAURINAE Olshevsky, 1991
= Family: MEGALANCOSAURIDAE Olshevsky, 1991
= Family: MEGALONCOSAURIDAE Kalandadze & Rautian, 1991 (sic)
= PARAORDER: BASITHEROPODA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (partim)
Genus: Dolabrosaurus BERMAN & REISZ,
1992
D. aquatilis BERMAN & REISZ, 1992
(Type)
Genus: Megalancosaurus CALZAVARA,
MUSICO & WILD, 1980
M. preonensis CALZAVARA, MUSICO & WILD,
1980 (Type)
= Drepanosaurus
unguicaudatus PINNA, 1980 partim)
M. endennae RENESTO, SPIELMANN, LUCAS & SPAGNOLI, 2010
= Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus PINNA, 1980 (partim)
= Megalancosaurus preonensis RENESTO, 1994
CLADE NAME: THALATTOSAURIFORMES NICHOLLS, 1999
Incertae sedis
Genus: Wapitisaurus BRINKMAN,
1988
W. problematicus BRINKMAN, 1988 (Type)
Note: This may be a fish (Evans pers. com..)
ORDER: THALATTOSAURIA MERRIAM, 1904
Family: PACHYSTROPHEIDAE Kuhn, 1961
Genus: Pachystropheus HUENE, 1935
= Pachastropheaus ORLOV, 1964 (sic)
= RysosteusOWEN, 1841
= RyzosteusHALSTEAD & NICOLL, 1971 (sic)
P. rhaeticus HUENE, 1935 (Type)
= Rysosteus (no
species given) OWEN, 1841
= Rysosteus oweni WOODWARD & SHERBORN, 1890
P. sp
Superfamily: THALATTOSAUROIDEA Merriam, 1904
= Superfamily: CLARAZISAUROIDEA Hoffstetter, 1955
Incertae sedis
Genus: Gunakadeit DRUCKENMILLER, KELLEY, METZ & BAICHTAL, 2020
G. joseeae DRUCKENMILLER, KELLEY, METZ & BAICHTAL, 2020 (Type)
Genus: Neosinasaurus YIN
& ZHAO, 2000
= Sinasaurus ZHOU, in
YIN, ZHAO, CAO, YU & LUO, 2000
N. hoangi (YIN, ZHAO, CAO, YU & LUO,
2000) YIN & ZHOU, 2000 (Type)
= Sinasaurus hoangi ZHOU, in
YIN, ZHAO, CAO, YU & LUO, 2000
Genus: Wayaosaurus ZHOU,
in
YIN, ZHAO, CAO, YU & LUO, 2000
W. geei ZHOU, in
YIN, ZHAO, CAO, YU & LUO, 2000 (Type)
W.
bellus ZHOU, in
YIN, ZHAO, CAO, YU & LUO, 2000
Family: CLARAZIIDAE Peyer, 1936
Genus: Clarazia PEYER, 1936
C. schinzi PEYER, 1936 (Type)
Genus: Hescheleria PEYER, 1936
H. ruebeli PEYER, 1936 (Type)
Genus: Nectosaurus MERRIAM, 1905
N. halius MERRIAM, 1905 (Type)
= Nectosaurus balius BENTON, 1986 (sic)
N. sp
= Thalattosaurus shastensisMERRIAM, 1904 (nomen nudum)
Genus: Paralonectes NICHOLLS & BRINKMAN, 1993
P. merriami NICHOLLS & BRINKMAN, 1993 (Type)
Genus: Nova SUES & CLARK, 2005
Family: THALATTOSAURIDAE Merriam, 1904
Genus: Agkistrognathus NICHOLLS & BRINKMAN, 1993
= Gyrognathus NICHOLLS & BRINKMAN, 1990 (nomen nudum)
A. campelli NICHOLLS & BRINKMAN, 1993 (Type)
= Gyrognathus campbelli NICHOLLS & BRINKMAN, 1990 (nomen nuda)
Genus: Blezingeria HUENE, 1951
B. ichthyospondylus (E. FRAAS, 1896) HUENE,
1951 (Type)
= Nothosaurus ichthyospondylus E. FRAAS, 1896
B. sp
Genus: Concavispina ZHAO, LIU, LI, & HE, 2013
C. biseridens ZHAO, LIU, LI, & HE, 2013 (Type)
C. xingyiensis (LI, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MOTANI & TINTORI, 2016) MAISCH, 2024
= Xinpusaurus xingyiensis LI, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MOTANI & TINTORI, 2016
Genus: Thalattosaurus MERRIAM, 1904
= Scenodon MERRIAM, 1905 (nomen nudum)
T. alexandrae MERRIAM, 1904 (Type)
T. perrini MERRIAM, 1905
= Scenodon perrini (MERRIAM, 1905) MERRIAM, 1905 (nomen nudum)
Note: In the same paper Thalattosaurus perrini is named; in a footnote Merriam wrote, “Should this type be found to be genetically distinct from Thalattosaurus, the generic name Scenodon will be used to distinguish it … thus Scenodon is a nomen nudum.”
T. borealis NICHOLLS & BRINKMAN,
1993
T. sp
Genus: Xinpusaurus YIN
in YIN, ZHAO, CAO, YU & LUO, 2000
X. suni YIN in
YIN, ZHAO, CAO, YU & LUO, 2000 (Type)
= Xinpusuaurs
bamaolinensis CHENG,
2003
X. kohi JIANG,
MAISCH, SUN, MATZKE & HAO, 2004
X. sp
Genus: Nova TINTORI, RENESTO, LOMBARDO, MANAROLLA, MANENTI & VENDICO, 1996
Genus: Nova? (HE, HU, ZHANG & SHEN [2021] 2023) MAISCH, 2024
Superfamily: ASKEPTOSAUROIDEA
Kuhn-Schnyder, 1971
Family: ENDENNASAURIDAE Renesto, 1984
Genus: Endennasaurus RENESTO, 1984
E. acutirostris RENESTO, 1984 (Type)
Family: ASKEPTOSAURIDAE Kuhn-Schnyder, 1952
Genus: Anshunsaurus LIU, 1999
A. huangguoshuensis LIU, 1999 (Type)
A. wushaensis RIEPPEL, LIU & LI, 2006
A. huangnihensis CHENG, CHEN & WANG, 2007
Genus: Askeptosaurus NOPCSA, 1925
A. italicus NOPCSA, 1925 (Type)
A. sp
Genus: Miodentosaurus CHENG, WU & SATO, 2007
M. brevis CHENG, WU & SATO, 2007 (Type)
CLADE NAME: SAURIA McCARTNEY, 1802 sensu GAUTHIER, KLUGE & ROWE, 1988
NOTE: SEE ICHTHYOSAUROPTERYGIA
NOTE: SEE SAUROPTERYGIA
ORDER: HELVETICOSAURIA PEYER, 1955
Family: HELVETICOSAURIDAE Peyer, 1955
Genus: Eusaurosphargis NOSOTTI & RIEPPEL, 2003
E. dalsassoi NOSOTTI & RIEPPEL, 2003 (Type)
E. sp
Genus: Helveticosaurus PEYER, 1955
H. zolligeri PEYER, 1955 (Type)
H. sp
LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983 Note: At the same level as CLADE NAME: ARCHELOSAURIA CRAWFORD, PARHAM, SELLAS, FAIRCOLOTH, GLENN, PAPENFUSS, HENDERSON, HANSEN & SIMISON 2015
= DIVISION: LEPIDOSAURIA DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839
= SUBDIVISION: LEPIDOSAURIA BENTON & NORMAN, in BENTON, 1985
= SUBDIVISION: LEPIDOSAURIA GARDNER, 1982
Incertae sedis
Genus: Cargninia BONAPARTE, SCHULTZ, SOARES & MARTINELLI, 2010
C. enigmatica BONAPARTE, SCHULTZ, SOARES & MARTINELLI, 2010 (Type)
Genus: Coartaredens SPENCER & STORRS,
2002
C. isaacii SPENCER & STORRS, 2002 (Type)
Genus: Feralisaurus CAVICCHINI, ZAHER & BENTON, 2020
F. corami CAVICCHINI, ZAHER & BENTON, 2020 (Type)
Genus: Fraxinisauria SCHOCH & SUES, 2018
F. rozyneake SCHOCH & SUES, 2018 (Type)
Genus: Langobardisaurus non RENESTO, 1994
L. ?rossii BIZZARINI & MUSCIO,
1995
Genus: Marmoretta EVANS, 1991
M. oxoniensis EVANS, 1991 (Type)
M. sp
Genus: Patricosaurus SEELEY, 1887 (nomen dubium)
P. merocratus SEELEY, 1887 (Type)
Genus: Sophineta EVANS & BORSUK-BIALYNICKA, 2009
S. cracoviensis EVANS & BORSUK-BIALYNICKA, 2009 (Type)
Genus: Taytalura MARTINEZ, SIMOES, SOBRAL & APESTEGUIA, 2021
T. alcoberi MARTINEZ, SIMOES, SOBRAL & APESTEGUIA, 2021 (Type)
Genus: Vellbergia SOBRAL, SIMOES & SCHOCH, 2020
V. bartholomaei SOBRAL, SIMOES & SCHOCH, 2020 (Type)
Genus: Vinitasaura SUES & KLIGMAN, 2021
V. lizae SUES & KLIGMAN, 2021 (Type)
Genus: Nova 1 SCHOCH, 2015
Genus: Nova 3 SCHOCH, 2015
Family: PALIGUANIDAE Broom, 1926
Genus: Blomosaurus TATARINOV, 1978 (nomen dubium)
B. ivachnenkoi TATARINOV, 1978 (Type)
Genus: Heleosuchus BROOM, 1913
H. griesbachii (OWEN, 1876) (Type)
= Saurosternon greisbachi OWEN, 1876
Note: Carroll (1981) suggested Heleosuchus may a younginiid; Carroll (1987) then suggested it may be a member of the Eosuchia or an otherwise unrecognized lineage of primitive lepidosauromorphs (Carroll, 1987).
Genus: Kudnu BARTHOLOMAI, 1979
K. mackinlayi BARTHOLOMAI, 1979 (Type)
Genus: Paliguana BROOM, 1903
P. whitei BROOM, 1903 (Type)
Family: SAUROSTERNIDAE Haughton, 1924
= Subfamily: SAUROSTERNIAE Haughton, 1924
= PLESION: SAUROSTERNIDAE BENTON & NORMAN, in BENTON, 1985
Genus: Saurosternon HUXLEY, 1868
= Batrachosaurus OWEN, 1872
= Niphosaurus EVANS, 1985
= Saurosternum LYDEKKER, 1888 (sic)
S. baini HUXLEY, 1868 (Type)
= Niphosaurus kermacki EVANS, 1985
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