Askeptosauroidea
Sign in to saveAskeptosauroidea 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.
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- Parent taxon
- Thalattosauria
- Image
- Endennasaurus acutirostris.JPG
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- taxon name
- Askeptosauroidea
- taxon rank
- superfamily
- start time
- 237000000-
- end time
- 228000000-
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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:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Askeptosauroidea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.