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Crown clade: "Sauria" McCartney 1802 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  J. McCartney, in G. Cuvier, 1802 [J. Gauthier et al., in M.J. Benton, ed., 1988], nom. cl. praeinit.
Original name:  McCartney, J. 1802. In G. Cuvier.
Unavailable subsequent clade name (orig. spell.):  Gauthier, J.A. 1984. Cladist. Anal. Higher Syst. Cat. Diapsida: [nom. ined.].
Subsequent clade name (orig. spell.):  Gauthier, J., Kluge, A.G. & Rowe, T. 1988c. Cladistics 4: 181-182, App. B (pp. 206-207).
Original definition [PhyloCode]:  Gauthier, J., Kluge, A.G. & Rowe, T. 1988b. In M.J. Benton (ed.), Phyl. Class. Tetrapods 1: 143 ("Sauria, as redefined here, includes the most recent common ancestor of extant crocodilians, birds, squamates, and Sphenodon, and all its descendants."). ≡
Emended definition [PhyloCode]:  Gauthier, J., Kluge, A.G. & Rowe, T. 1988c. Cladistics 4: 181-182.
Emended diagnosis (emend.):  op. cit.: App. B (pp. 206-207).
Emended diagnosis (emend.):  Laurin, M. 1991. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 101 (1): 88-89 ("Gauthier, 1984", "Revised diagnosis").

Attributes

Converted clade name (nomen cladi conversum) [PhyloCode] Ref: J. Gauthier et al. 1988c. Cladistics 4: 181. [new] [inferred]
Pre-starting-point clade name (nom. cl. inval.[: praeinit.]) [PhyloCode: Note 6.2.1 ([1984-]<2020)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 3 Aug 2023.

Variants

Rank-based name: Sauria (Order) McCartney, 1802 Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988c: 181. [new] [inferred]
Rank-based name: Sauria (Suborder) McCartney, 1802 Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988c: 181. [new] [inferred]
Established (clade) name: Sauria (Clade) Macartney 1802 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020] Ref: J.A. Gauthier & K. de Queiroz, 2020: [1065]. [inferred]
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