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Subclade

Taxon
Taxon
Pholidosauridae
Nominal Author
Zittel and Eastman 1902
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments

Pholidosauridae is here defined to unite taxa more closely related to Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis Meyer 1841 than to other clades of crocodyliforms. The active definition is stem-based and uses the nominotypical species as an internal specifier.  There are no previous definitions in the literature.

Pholidosauridae Zittel and Eastman 1902 includes dyrosaurines and precedes the familial taxon Dyrosauridae Broili 1923.  Pholidosauridae is sometimes attributed to Williston (1902) in Zittel and Eastman (e.g. Kuhn 1967).  Here I follow Buffetaut (1981:34) in his discussion and attribution of the taxon to Zittel and Eastman (1902).

Potential Synonomy
Pholadosauridées (Bergounioux 1955, spelling variant), Dyrosauridae

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis  Meyer 1841 but not Alligatorellus beaumonti Gervais 1871, Peirosaurus torminni Price 1955, Araripesuchus gomesii Price 1959, Notosuchus terrestris Woodward 1896, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768).
Shorthand
> Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis but not Alligatorellus beaumonti, Peirosaurus torminni, Araripesuchus gomesii, Notosuchus terrestris, Crocodylus niloticus
Definitional Author
Sereno 2005
Definition Status ORIGINAL
Definition Type STEM
Node-Stem Triplet NO
Other Triplet Taxa
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis
Specifier(s) B
Specifier(s) C
Alligatorellus beaumonti, Peirosaurus torminni, Araripesuchus gomesii, Notosuchus terrestris, Crocodylus niloticus
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2005

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