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Askeptosauroidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Rank
  
Superfamily

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
†Thalattosauria

Askeptosauroidea

Similar
  
Reiszorhinus, Kenyasaurus, Brouffia, Lanthanolania

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:

References

Askeptosauroidea Wikipedia