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Monophyletic taxon: Reptilia Linnaeus 1758 [Gauthier 1984], nom. cl. inval. (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758 [J. Gauthier, 1984], nom. cl. praeinit.
Original definition [PhyloCode]:  Gauthier, J.A. 1984. Cladist. Anal. Higher Syst. Cat. Diapsida: ["Reptilia is here defined as the taxon encompassing all the descendants of the most recent common ancestor of Testudines and Diapsida", nom. ined.].
Original definition [PhyloCode]:  Gauthier, J., Kluge, A.G. & Rowe, T. 1988b. In M.J. Benton (ed.), Phyl. Class. Tetrapods 1

Attributes

Pre-starting-point clade name (nom. cl. inval.: "nom. cl. praeinit.") [PhyloCode: Note 6.2.1 ([1984-]<2020)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 12 Aug 2023.

Variants

Established (clade) name: Reptilia (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Laurin & Reisz 2020] Ref: M. Laurin & R.R. Reisz, 2020: 1028 ("Gauthier (1984)"). [new]
Current rank: Reptilia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 51). [inferred]
Former rank: Reptilia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Sauropsida (Class) Huxley, 1864
Accepted name (pro parte): Sauropsida (Class) Huxley, 1864
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