Tangasauridae
| Tangasauridae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Hovasaurus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Neodiapsida |
| Family: | †Tangasauridae Haughton, 1924 |
| Subgroups | |
Tangasauridae is an
Permian-Triassic extinction event.[2]
Description and phylogeny
Tangasaurids are known to have been a highly
plesiosaurs.[3]
Classification
Despite the controversy over the definition of the order Eosuchia (to which the Tangasauridae are considered to have belonged)jugal bones meet to form an arch in the skull, as is a characteristic of many primitive diapsids, tangasaurs would be included in Younginiformes.[4]
The Tangasauridae is divided into two subfamilies, as shown below:
- Family Tangasauridae
- Subfamily Kenyasaurinae
- Subfamily Tangasaurinae
References
- ^ Currie, Philip J and Carroll, Robert L. (1984) Ontogenic changes in the eosuchian reptile Thadeosaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(1):68-84
- doi:10.1139/e03-084.
- ^ ISBN 0-7167-1822-7
- ^ Michael. J. Benton (1985). "Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 84: 141-164.