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Taxon: Family †Bolosauridae Cope, 1878 - bolosaurids (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Procolophonomorpha

Subsequent positions

Bolosauria (Clade) Kuhn 1959 [Modesto, Scott, MacDougall, Sues, Evans & Reisz 2015] Ref: S.P. Modesto et al., 2015: fig. 2c.

Current position

Bolosauria (Clade) Kuhn 1959 [Modesto, Scott, MacDougall, Sues, Evans & Reisz 2015] Ref: S.P. Modesto et al., 2015: fig. 2c. [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

Bolosauria (Order) Kuhn, 1959 Ref: O. Kuhn, 1969: 6.
Bolosaurida (Suborder) Ivakhnenko, 2008 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 597.
Captorhinomorpha (Suborder) Watson, 1917 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 615.
Parareptilia (Clade) Olson 1947 [deBraga & Reisz 1996] Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 5.1.
Parareptilia (Subclass) Olson, 1947 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 438.

Historical positions

Bolosauria (Clade) Kuhn 1959 [Modesto, Scott, MacDougall, Sues, Evans & Reisz 2015] Ref: S.P. Modesto et al., 2015: 3, figs. 2c, 3. [inferred rank]
Parareptilia (Subclass) Olson, 1947 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 438, box 5.1 (p. 124).
Parareptilia (Clade) Olson 1947 [deBraga & Reisz 1996] Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 395, box 5.1.
Bolosaurida (Suborder) Ivakhnenko, 2008 Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Captorhinomorpha (Suborder) Watson, 1917 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 615.
Bolosaurida (Suborder) Ivakhnenko, 2008 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 597.
Bolosauria (Order) Kuhn, 1959 Ref: O. Kuhn, 1969: 6.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †3g;1s
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