Askeptosauroidea

Askeptosauroidea
Temporal range: Anisian-Norian, 247–212 Ma
Skeleton of Endennasaurus acutirostris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Thalattosauria
Superfamily: Askeptosauroidea
Kuhn-Schnyder, 1971
Subtaxa

Askeptosauroidea is a superfamily of thalattosaurs, a Triassic group of marine reptiles. Askeptosauroidea is one of two major subgroups of Thalattosauria, the other being Thalattosauroidea. It includes the family Askeptosauridae and a more basal form called Endennasaurus.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Wu et al. (2009) showing the phylogenetic relationships of Askeptosauroidea:

Thalattosauria
 Askeptosauroidea 

Endennasaurus

 Askeptosauridae 

Anshunsaurus

Askeptosaurus

Miodentosaurus

Thalattosauroidea



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