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Monotypic taxon: Family †Pistosauridae Zittel, 1887 (reptile)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

†Nothosauria (Suborder) Baur, 1889

Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619). [implicit]

Alternative positions

†*Nothosauria* (Order) Baur, 1889	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619).
†*Plesiosauria* (Suborder) Blainville, 1835	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 592.

Historical positions

†*Plesiosauria* (Suborder) Blainville, 1835	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
†*Nothosauria* (Order) Baur, 1889	Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 301.
†*Nothosauria* (Order) Baur, 1889	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619).
†*Plesiosauria* (Suborder) Blainville, 1835	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 592.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Aug 2023	[; †1g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 619	[; †1g]

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