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Microsauria
Taxonomy
Microsauria was named by Dawson (1863). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Laurin et al. (2000).
It was reranked as the suborder Microsauria by Moodie (1909); it was reranked as the unranked clade Microsauria by Reisz and Modesto (1996) and Laurin et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Reptilia by Dawson (1863); to Stegocephala by Moodie (1909); to Lepospondylia by Moodie (1916); to Lepospondyli by Olson (1970), Daly (1973), Thayer (1985) and Carroll (1988); to Tetrapoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Amphibia by Olson and Barghusen (1962), Carroll and Gaskill (1978) and Carroll (1991); and to Lepospondyli by Reisz and Modesto (1996) and Laurin et al. (2000).
It was reranked as the suborder Microsauria by Moodie (1909); it was reranked as the unranked clade Microsauria by Reisz and Modesto (1996) and Laurin et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Reptilia by Dawson (1863); to Stegocephala by Moodie (1909); to Lepospondylia by Moodie (1916); to Lepospondyli by Olson (1970), Daly (1973), Thayer (1985) and Carroll (1988); to Tetrapoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Amphibia by Olson and Barghusen (1962), Carroll and Gaskill (1978) and Carroll (1991); and to Lepospondyli by Reisz and Modesto (1996) and Laurin et al. (2000).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1863 | Microsauria Dawson p. 47 |
| 1909 | Microsauria Moodie p. 39 |
| 1916 | Microsauria Moodie p. 47 |
| 1962 | Microsauria Olson and Barghusen p. 13 |
| 1970 | Microsauria Olson p. 403 |
| 1973 | Microsauria Daly p. 571 |
| 1978 | Microsauria Carroll and Gaskill pp. 4, 13 |
| 1985 | Microsauria Thayer p. 690 |
| 1988 | Microsauria Carroll |
| 1989 | Microsauria Gauthier et al. p. 339 |
| 1991 | Microsauria Carroll p. 229 |
| 1996 | Microsauria Reisz and Modesto pp. 704, 708 |
| 2000 | Microsauria Laurin et al. p. 120 fig. 2b |
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