Dinosaurs 36-VIII
SAUROPSIDA
Paleo Sauropsida
 
 
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Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Sauropsida
  2. Classification of Sauropsida
  3. Sphenodontia
  4. Squamata
  5. Serpentes
  6. Testudines
  7. Crocodylia
  8. Paleo Sauropsida
    1. Reptilia
    2. Eureptilia
    3. Archosauromorpha
    4. Dinosauromorpha

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This page uses the Paleobiology Database instead of the NCBI Database for classification. For Sauropsida in this database, there is an extinct family of aquatic, reptile-like creatures (Mesosauridae) and the grouping Reptilia.

  • Mesosauridae (this page)
  • Reptilia (36-8A)
    • Parareptilia, Romeriidae
    • Testudinata - Turtles
    • Ichthyopterygia
    • Pythonomorpha - Snakes and snake-like creatures
    • Eureptilia (36-8B)
      • Captorhinidae
      • Romeriida
        • Diapsida
          • Rhynchocephalia, Sauropterygia
          • Eosuchia
          • Archosauromorpha (36-8C)
            • Rhynchosauria, Trilophosauridae, Youngina
            • Archosauriformes
              • Crurotarsi
                • Phytosauria, Crocodylotarsi
                • Archosauria
                  • Pseudosuchia
                  • Avemetatarsalia
                    • Ornithodira
                      • Pterosauromorpha
                      • Dinosauromorpha (36-8D) - Dinosaurs
                        • Dinosauriformes
                          • Dinosauria
                            • Ornithischia
                            • Saurischia
                              • Sauropodomorpha
                              • Theropoda - Some Dinosaurs, all Birds

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MESOSAURIDAEName (Sci)image

The family Mesosauridae contains aquatic, reptile-like creatures that lived during the Permian period.

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