Ctenosauriscidae

Ctenosauriscidae is an extinct family of pseudosuchian archosaurs within the clade Poposauroidea.[1] Ctenosauriscids existed in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America during the Early Triassic to the Middle Triassic period (latest Olenekian to Anisian stages).[1] All species had large "sails" on their backs. Ctenosauriscids are among the earliest archosaurs and represent the first global radiation of the group.[2]

Ctenosauriscids
Temporal range: Early-Middle Triassic, 247.5–237 Ma
Vertebrae of the ctenosauriscid Ctenosauriscus koeneni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Branch: Poposauroidea
Family: Ctenosauriscidae
Kuhn, 1964
Genera

Genera

Genus Status Age Location Unit Notes Images

Arizonasaurus

Valid

Anisian

 Arizona

Moenkopi Formation

Arizonasaurus
Ctenosauriscus
Some fossils of the "Waldhaus ctenosauriscid"

Bromsgroveia

Valid

Anisian

 United Kingdom

Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation

Bystrowisuchus

Valid

Olenekian

 Russia

Lipovskaya Formation

Ctenosauriscus

Valid

Olenekian

 Germany

Solling Formation

Ctenosauriscus is one of the oldest archosaurs known to date.[2]

Hypselorhachis

Valid

Anisian

 Tanzania

Manda Formation

"Waldhaus" ctenosauriscid

Valid

Anisian

 Germany

Röt Formation

Xilousuchus

Valid

Olenekian

 China

Heshanggou Formation

Xilousuchus is one of the oldest archosaurs known to date.[2]

Phylogeny

Ctenosauriscidae was named by Oskar Kuhn in 1964 to include the genus Ctenosauriscus.[3] It is a stem-based taxon defined by Richard J. Butler, Stephen L. Brusatte, Mike Reich, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Rainer R. Schoch and Jahn J. Hornung in 2011 as "the most inclusive clade containing Ctenosauriscus koeneni but not Poposaurus gracilis, Effigia okeeffeae, Postosuchus kirkpatricki, Crocodylus niloticus, Ornithosuchus longidens, or Aetosaurus ferratus".[2] The cladograms below follows a 2011 analysis by Butler et al., the first based on Brusatte et al. 2010[4] and the second based on Nesbitt et al. 2011.[1]

Arizonasaurus model, Museum am Lowentor, Stuttgart
Poposauroidea

Lotosauridae

Ctenosauriscidae

Arizonasaurus

Bromsgroveia

Ctenosauriscus

Hypselorhachis

Waldhaus ctenosauriscid

Poposaurus

Sillosuchus

Shuvosauridae

Effigia

Shuvosaurus

Poposauroidea

Qianosuchus

Ctenosauriscidae

Arizonasaurus

Ctenosauriscus

Hypselorhachis

Waldhaus ctenosauriscid

Xilousuchus

Poposauridae

Poposaurus

Lotosauridae

Lotosaurus

Shuvosauridae

Sillosuchus

Effigia

Shuvosaurus

References

  • "Osteology of the Middle Triassic pseudosuchian archosaur Arizonasaurus babbitti". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  1. Sterling J. Nesbitt (2011). "The Early Evolution of Archosaurs: Relationships and the Origin of Major Clades" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 352: 1–292. doi:10.1206/352.1. hdl:2246/6112.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Richard J. Butler; Stephen L. Brusatte; Mike Reich; Sterling J. Nesbitt; Rainer R. Schoch; Jahn J. Hornung (2011). "The sail-backed reptile Ctenosauriscus from the latest Early Triassic of Germany and the timing and biogeography of the early archosaur radiation". PLOS ONE. 6 (10): e25693. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025693. PMC 3194824. PMID 22022431.
  3. Oskar Kuhn (1964). "Ungelöste Probleme der Stammesgeschichte der Amphibien und Reptilien". Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg. 118–119: 293–325.
  4. Brusatte, S.L.; Benton, M.J.; Desojo, J.B.; Langer, M.C. (2010). "The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8 (1): 3–47. doi:10.1080/14772010903537732.


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