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Branch-based clade: Mycterosaurinae Reisz & Berman 2001 (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Family) Varanopidae

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade Ref: R.R. Reisz & D.S. Berman, 2001: 114. [implicit]

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

Mycterosaurus (Genus) Williston, 1915 Ref: R.R. Reisz & D.S. Berman, 2001: 114.

Defined by excluded taxon

Varanops (Genus) Williston, 1914 Ref: R.R. Reisz & D.S. Berman, 2001: 114.

Original position

Varanopseidae (Family) Romer & Price, 1940 Ref: R.R. Reisz & D.S. Berman, 2001: 114.

Current position

Varanopidae (Family) Romer & Price, 1940 Ref: Campione & Reisz, 2010: fig. 16

Alternative positions

Varanopseidae (Family) Romer & Price, 1940 Ref: R.R. Reisz & D.S. Berman, 2001: 114. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †3g;3s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 17 Aug 2023 [; †3g]
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