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Protorosauria, the Glossary

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Archosauromorphs
Cisuralian taxonomic orders
Early Triassic taxonomic orders
Guadalupian taxonomic orders
Late Triassic taxonomic orders
Middle Triassic taxonomic orders
Taxa named by Thomas Henry Huxley

Acerosodontosaurus

Acerosodontosaurus is an extinct genus of neodiapsid reptiles that lived during the Late Permian of Madagascar.

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Aenigmastropheus is an extinct genus of early archosauromorph reptiles known from the middle Late Permian Usili Formation of Songea District, southern Tanzania. Protorosauria and Aenigmastropheus are archosauromorphs.

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Allokotosauria

Allokotosauria is a clade of early archosauromorph reptiles from the Middle to Late Triassic known from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe.

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Amotosaurus

Amotosaurus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid protorosaur from the earliest Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) of Black Forest, southwestern Germany.

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Anatomy

Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts.

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Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Araeoscelidia

Araeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a clade of extinct amniotes (traditionally classified as diapsid reptiles) superficially resembling lizards, extending from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian.

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Archosaur

Archosauria or archosaurs is a clade of diapsid sauropsid tetrapods, with birds and crocodilians being the only extant representatives.

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Archosauriformes

Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles encompassing archosaurs and some of their close relatives.

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Archosauromorpha

Archosauromorpha (Greek for "ruling lizard forms") is a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all reptiles more closely related to archosaurs (such as crocodilians and dinosaurs, including birds) rather than lepidosaurs (such as tuataras, lizards, and snakes). Protorosauria and Archosauromorpha are archosauromorphs.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Augustaburiania

Augustaburiania is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph from the latest Early Triassic (late Olenekian stage) of Volgograd Region, western Russia.

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Austronaga

Austronaga (meaning "southern naga") is an extinct genus of dinocephalosaurid archosauromorph reptile from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Guanling Formation of China.

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Avicephala

Avicephala ("bird heads") is a potentially polyphyletic grouping of extinct diapsid reptiles that lived during the Late Permian and Triassic periods characterised by superficially bird-like skulls and arboreal lifestyles.

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Basal (phylogenetics)

In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.

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Capitanian

In the geologic timescale, the Capitanian is an age or stage of the Permian.

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Cervical rib

A cervical rib in humans is an extra rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebra.

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Cervical vertebrae

In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull.

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Champsosaurus

Champsosaurus is an extinct genus of crocodile-like choristodere reptile, known from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene periods of North America and Europe (Campanian–Paleocene).

See Protorosauria and Champsosaurus

Choristodera

Choristodera (from the Greek χωριστός chōristos + δέρη dérē, 'separated neck') is an extinct order of semiaquatic diapsid reptiles that ranged from the Middle Jurassic, or possibly Triassic, to the Miocene (168 to 20 or possibly 11.6 million years ago).

See Protorosauria and Choristodera

Clade

In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Claudiosaurus

Claudiosaurus (claudus is Latin for 'lameness' and saurus means 'lizard') is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar.

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Cteniogenys

Cteniogenys is a genus of choristodere, a morphologically diverse group of aquatic reptiles.

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Czatkowiella

Czatkowiella is an extinct genus of long-necked archosauromorph known from Early Triassic (Olenekian age) rocks of Czatkowice 1, Poland. Protorosauria and Czatkowiella are archosauromorphs.

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Diapsid

Diapsids ("two arches") are a clade of sauropsids, distinguished from more primitive eureptiles by the presence of two holes, known as temporal fenestrae, in each side of their skulls.

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Dinocephalosaurus

Dinocephalosaurus (meaning "terrible-headed reptile") is a genus of long necked, aquatic protorosaur that inhabited the Triassic seas of China.

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Drepanosaur

Drepanosaurs (members of the clade Drepanosauromorpha) are a group of extinct reptiles that lived between the Carnian and Rhaetian stages of the late Triassic Period, approximately between 230 and 210 million years ago.

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Drepanosaurus

Drepanosaurus ("sickle lizard") is a genus of arboreal (tree-dwelling) reptile that lived during the Triassic Period.

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Euparkeria

Euparkeria (meaning "Parker's good animal", named in honor of W. K. Parker) is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile from the Triassic of South Africa.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Evolutionary grade

A grade is a taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity.

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Exilisuchus

Exilisuchus is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile from the Early Triassic of Russia. Protorosauria and Exilisuchus are archosauromorphs.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Fuyuansaurus

Fuyuansaurus is an extinct genus of "protorosaur" reptiles (probably part of Tanystropheidae) known from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian stage) Zhuganpo Formation of southern China.

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Gephyrosaurus

Gephyrosaurus is an extinct genus of lepidosaurian reptile known from the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic of the United Kingdom.

See Protorosauria and Gephyrosaurus

Gondwana

Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.

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Gracilicollum

Gracilicollum (meaning "slender neck") is an extinct genus of likely tanysaurian archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Guanling Formation of China.

See Protorosauria and Gracilicollum

Guadalupian

The Guadalupian is the second and middle series/epoch of the Permian.

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Howesia

Howesia is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Jesairosaurus

Jesairosaurus is an extinct genus of early archosauromorph reptile known from the Illizi Province of Algeria. Protorosauria and Jesairosaurus are archosauromorphs.

See Protorosauria and Jesairosaurus

Jugal bone

The jugal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians and birds.

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Langobardisaurus

Langobardisaurus (meaning Reptile of Langobardi, in reference to the Long Bearded People, an ancient Central-European civilisation of North Germanic origin) is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph reptile, with one valid species, L. pandolfii.

See Protorosauria and Langobardisaurus

Late Triassic

The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch of the Triassic Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago).

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Lazarussuchus

Lazarussuchus (meaning "Lazarus's crocodile") is an extinct genus of amphibious reptile, known from the Cenozoic of Europe.

See Protorosauria and Lazarussuchus

Lepidosauromorpha

Lepidosauromorpha (in PhyloCode known as Pan-Lepidosauria) is a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs (which include crocodiles and birds).

See Protorosauria and Lepidosauromorpha

Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. Protorosauria and Lizard are paraphyletic groups.

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Longisquama

Longisquama is a genus of extinct reptile.

See Protorosauria and Longisquama

Luxisaurus

Luxisaurus (meaning "Luxi lizard") is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph reptile from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Guanling Formation of China.

See Protorosauria and Luxisaurus

Macrocnemus

Macrocnemus is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile known from the Middle Triassic (Late Anisian to Ladinian) of Europe and China.

See Protorosauria and Macrocnemus

Malutinisuchus

Malutinisuchus is an extinct genus of Archosauromorph. Protorosauria and Malutinisuchus are archosauromorphs.

See Protorosauria and Malutinisuchus

Mecistotrachelos

Mecistotrachelos is an extinct genus of gliding reptile from the Late Triassic of Virginia. Protorosauria and Mecistotrachelos are archosauromorphs.

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Megacnemus

Megacnemus is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile. Protorosauria and Megacnemus are archosauromorphs.

See Protorosauria and Megacnemus

Megalancosaurus

Megalancosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile from the Late Triassic Dolomia di Forni Formation and Zorzino Limestone of northern Italy, and one of the best known drepanosaurids.

See Protorosauria and Megalancosaurus

Mesosuchus

Mesosuchus ("middle crocodile") is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

See Protorosauria and Mesosuchus

Microcnemus

Microcnemus is an extinct genus of lizard-like early archosauromorph reptiles from the Protorosauridae. Protorosauria and Microcnemus are archosauromorphs.

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Monophyly

In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Orovenator

Orovenator is an extinct genus of diapsid from Lower Permian (Artinskian stage) deposits of Oklahoma, United States.

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Ozimek volans

Ozimek (named after the town of the same name) is a genus of sharovipterygid archosauromorph reptile, known from Late Triassic deposits in Poland and closely related to the Kyrgyzstani Sharovipteryx. Protorosauria and Ozimek volans are archosauromorphs.

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Paleontology

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Pamelaria

Pamelaria is an extinct genus of allokotosaurian archosauromorph reptile known from a single species, Pamelaria dolichotrachela, from the Middle Triassic of India.

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Paraphyly

Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. Protorosauria and Paraphyly are paraphyletic groups.

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Pectodens

Pectodens (meaning "comb tooth") is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile which lived during the Middle Triassic in China.

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Petrolacosaurus

Petrolacosaurus ("rock lake lizard") is an extinct genus of diapsid reptile from the late Carboniferous period.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.

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Polyphyly

A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor.

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Prolacerta

Prolacerta is a genus of archosauromorph from the lower Triassic of South Africa and Antarctica. Protorosauria and Prolacerta are archosauromorphs.

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Prolacertidae

Prolacertidae is an extinct family of archosauromorph reptiles that lived during the Early Triassic epoch. Protorosauria and Prolacertidae are archosauromorphs.

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Protanystropheus

Protanystropheus is an extinct genus of archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic (Anisian stage) of Poland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

See Protorosauria and Protanystropheus

Proterosuchus

Proterosuchus is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptiles that lived during the Early Triassic.

See Protorosauria and Proterosuchus

Protorosauria

Protorosauria is an extinct, likely paraphyletic group of basal archosauromorph reptiles from the latest Middle Permian (Capitanian stage) to the end of the Late Triassic (Rhaetian stage) of Asia, Europe and North America. Protorosauria and Protorosauria are archosauromorphs, Cisuralian taxonomic orders, early Triassic taxonomic orders, Guadalupian taxonomic orders, late Triassic taxonomic orders, middle Triassic taxonomic orders, paraphyletic groups and taxa named by Thomas Henry Huxley.

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Protorosaurus

Protorosaurus (from πρότερος, 'earlier' and σαῦρος, 'lizard') is an extinct genus of reptile. Protorosauria and Protorosaurus are archosauromorphs.

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Pterosaur

Pterosaurs (from Greek pteron and sauros, meaning "wing lizard") are an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria.

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Quadrate bone

The quadrate bone is a skull bone in most tetrapods, including amphibians, sauropsids (reptiles, birds), and early synapsids.

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Raibliania

Raibliania is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph discovered in the Calcare del Predil Formation in Italy.

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Rhaetian

The Rhaetian is the latest age of the Triassic Period (in geochronology) or the uppermost stage of the Triassic System (in chronostratigraphy).

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Rhombopholis

Rhombopholis is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile known from England. Protorosauria and Rhombopholis are archosauromorphs.

See Protorosauria and Rhombopholis

Rhynchosaur

Rhynchosaurs are a group of extinct herbivorous Triassic archosauromorph reptiles, belonging to the order Rhynchosauria.

See Protorosauria and Rhynchosaur

Sauria

Sauria is the clade containing the most recent common ancestor of Archosauria (which includes crocodilians and birds) and Lepidosauria (which includes squamates and the tuatara), and all its descendants.

See Protorosauria and Sauria

Sclerostropheus

Sclerostropheus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph from the Late Triassic of Italy.

See Protorosauria and Sclerostropheus

Sharovipterygidae

Sharovipterygidae is a family of strange gliding archosauromorphs from the mid-Triassic of Eurasia, notable for their short forelimbs and long, wing-like hindlimbs, which supported membranes for gliding. Protorosauria and Sharovipterygidae are archosauromorphs.

See Protorosauria and Sharovipterygidae

Sharovipteryx

Sharovipteryx ("Sharov's wing", known until 1981 as Podopteryx, "foot wing") is a genus of early gliding reptiles containing the single species Sharovipteryx mirabilis. Protorosauria and Sharovipteryx are archosauromorphs.

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Squamata

Squamata (Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes.

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Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

The Swiss Journal of Palaeontology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for palaeontology and taxonomy.

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Tanysauria

Tanysauria (meaning "long lizards") is an extinct clade long-necked archosauromorph reptiles from the Triassic period of Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. Protorosauria and Tanysauria are archosauromorphs.

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Tanystropheidae

Tanystropheidae is an extinct family of archosauromorph reptiles that lived throughout the Triassic Period, often considered to be "protorosaurs".

See Protorosauria and Tanystropheidae

Tanystropheus

Tanystropheus (~ 'long' + 'hinged') is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile which lived during the Triassic Period in Europe, Asia, and North America.

See Protorosauria and Tanystropheus

Tanytrachelos

Tanytrachelos is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph reptile from the Late Triassic of the eastern United States.

See Protorosauria and Tanytrachelos

Teylers Museum

Teylers Museum is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands.

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Teyujagua

Teyujagua (named for Teyú Yaguá, a legendary beast from local Guaraní mythology) is an extinct genus of small, probably semi-aquatic archosauromorph reptile that lived in Brazil during the Early Triassic period. Protorosauria and Teyujagua are archosauromorphs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protorosauria

Also known as Prolacertiform, Prolacertiformes, Prolacertiforms, Protorosaur, Protorosaurian, Protorosaurians, Protorosaurs.

, Malutinisuchus, Mecistotrachelos, Megacnemus, Megalancosaurus, Mesosuchus, Microcnemus, Monophyly, North America, Orovenator, Ozimek volans, Paleontology, Pamelaria, Paraphyly, Pectodens, Petrolacosaurus, Phylogenetics, Polyphyly, Prolacerta, Prolacertidae, Protanystropheus, Proterosuchus, Protorosauria, Protorosaurus, Pterosaur, Quadrate bone, Raibliania, Rhaetian, Rhombopholis, Rhynchosaur, Sauria, Sclerostropheus, Sharovipterygidae, Sharovipteryx, Squamata, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, Tanysauria, Tanystropheidae, Tanystropheus, Tanytrachelos, Teylers Museum, Teyujagua, Thomas Henry Huxley, Trachelosauridae, Trachelosaurus, Trilophosaurus, Youngina, 1871 in paleontology.

Protorosauria, the Glossary

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See also

Archosauromorphs

Cisuralian taxonomic orders

Early Triassic taxonomic orders

Guadalupian taxonomic orders

Late Triassic taxonomic orders

Middle Triassic taxonomic orders

Taxa named by Thomas Henry Huxley

References