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Diapsida (diapsid)
Taxonomy
Diapsida was named by Osborn (1903). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gauthier et al. (1988), Gauthier et al. (1989) and Laurin and Reisz (1995) and Müller and Reisz (2006).
It was reranked as the infraclass Diapsida by Olson (1947) and Benton (1985); it was reranked as the unranked clade Diapsida by Gauthier et al. (1988), Rieppel (1989), Gauthier et al. (1989), Laurin and Reisz (1995), Renesto (2005) and Müller and Reisz (2006).
It was assigned to Eureptilia by Olson (1947) and Benton (1985); to Eureptilia by Rieppel (1989); to Reptilia by Osborn (1903), Osborn (1903), Olson (1966), Carroll (1988), Hecht (1992), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993) and Gao and Fox (1998); to Reptilia by Renesto (2005); and to Romeriida by Gauthier et al. (1988), Gauthier et al. (1989), Laurin and Reisz (1995) and Müller and Reisz (2006).
It was reranked as the infraclass Diapsida by Olson (1947) and Benton (1985); it was reranked as the unranked clade Diapsida by Gauthier et al. (1988), Rieppel (1989), Gauthier et al. (1989), Laurin and Reisz (1995), Renesto (2005) and Müller and Reisz (2006).
It was assigned to Eureptilia by Olson (1947) and Benton (1985); to Eureptilia by Rieppel (1989); to Reptilia by Osborn (1903), Osborn (1903), Olson (1966), Carroll (1988), Hecht (1992), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993) and Gao and Fox (1998); to Reptilia by Renesto (2005); and to Romeriida by Gauthier et al. (1988), Gauthier et al. (1989), Laurin and Reisz (1995) and Müller and Reisz (2006).
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Diapsida Osborn p. 276 |
| 1947 | Diapsida Olson pp. 44, 45 |
| 1966 | Diapsida Olson p. 301 |
| 1985 | Diapsida Benton p. 153 |
| 1988 | Diapsida Carroll |
| 1988 | Diapsida Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.4 |
| 1989 | Diapsida Gauthier et al. p. 343 fig. 9 |
| 1989 | Diapsida Rieppel pp. 3, 51-54 fig. 13 |
| 1992 | Diapsida Hecht p. 117 |
| 1993 | Diapsida Cvancara and Hoganson p. 15 |
| 1995 | Diapsida Laurin and Reisz p. 172 fig. 2 |
| 1998 | Diapsida Gao and Fox p. 306 |
| 2005 | Diapsida Renesto p. 378 |
| 2006 | Diapsida Müller and Reisz fig. 2 |
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