Bolosauridae

Bolosauridae Temporal range: Latest Carboniferous or earliest Permian to Middle Permian, Asselian–268 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Belebey vegrandis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	†Parareptilia
Order:	†Procolophonomorpha
Node:	†Procolophoniformes
Family:	†Bolosauridae Cope, 1878

Bolosauridae is an extinct family of parareptiles known from the latest Carboniferous (Gzhelian) or earliest Permian (Asselian) to the early Guadalupian epoch (latest Roadian stage) of North America, China, Germany, Russia and France.^[1][2] The bolosaurids were unusual for their time period by being bipedal, the oldest known tetrapods to have been so. Their teeth suggest that they were herbivores. The bolosaurids were a rare group and died out without any known descendants. The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic position of the Bolosauridae, from Johannes Müller, Jin-Ling Li and Robert R. Reisz, 2008.^[3]

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Sauropsida (Reptilia sensu lato)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Tetrapoda Clade: Amniota
Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Reptiliomorpha see Reptiliomorpha Sauropsida see below↓

Sauropsida
Sauropsida †Australothyris †Erpetonyx †Microleter †Acleistorhinidae Acleistorhinus Carbonodraco Colobomycter? Delorhynchus? Feeserpeton? Karutia †Bolosauridae Belebey Bolosaurus Eudibamus †Mesosauria Brazilosaurus Mesosaurus Stereosternum †Millerettidae Broomia Heleophilus Milleretta Millerosaurus Milleropsis Nanomilleretta †Procolophonia see Procolophonia Diapsida see below↓

Diapsida
Diapsida †Adelosaurus? †Claudiosaurus †Cryptovaranoides †Dolerosaurus †Eunotosaurus? †Feralisaurus †Heleosuchus †Kenyasaurus †Kudnu †Lanthanolania †Maiothisavros †Orovenator †Palacrodon †Palaeagama †Saurosternon †Sphodrosaurus †Younginidae Galesphyrus Thadeosaurus Youngina †Tangasauridae Acerosodontosaurus? Hovasaurus Tangasaurus †Weigeltisauridae Coelurosauravus Glaurung Rautiania Weigeltisaurus †Ichthyosauromorpha see Ichthyosauromorpha †Helveticosauridae Eusaurosphargis? Helveticosaurus †Saurosphargidae Hemilopas? Largocephalosaurus Prosaurosphargis Saurosphargis Sinosaurosphargis Stauromatodon? †Sauropterygia see Sauropterygia †Thalattosauria Blezingeria? Neosinasaurus? Pachystropheus? Askeptosauroidea Anshunsaurus Askeptosaurus Endennasaurus Miodentosaurus Wayaosaurus Thalattosauroidea Agkistrognathus Clarazia Concavispina Gunakadeit Hescheleria Nectosaurus Paralonectes Thalattosaurus Wapitisaurus? Xinpusaurus †Choristodera Coeruleodraco Cteniogenys Heishanosaurus Irenosaurus Allochoristodera Hyphalosaurus Shokawa Monjurosuchus Philydrosaurus Khurendukhosaurus Lazarussuchus Neochoristodera Champsosaurus Ikechosaurus Kosmodraco Liaoxisaurus Mengshanosaurus Simoedosaurus Tchoiria †Drepanosauromorpha Ancistronychus Avicranium Dolabrosaurus Drepanosaurus Hypuronector Kyrgyzsaurus Longisquama? Megalancosaurus Protoavis? Skybalonyx Vallesaurus †Kuehneosauridae Icarosaurus Kuehneosaurus Kuehneosuchus Pamelina Rhabdopelix? Sauria (Crown-Reptilia) Lepidosauromorpha see Lepidosauromorpha Includes Lepidosauria includes rhynchocephalians and squamates Archelosauria Archosauromorpha see Archosauromorpha Includes Archosauria includes birds and crocodilians Pantestudines see Pantestudines Includes Testudines turtles

See also
Possible sauropsids Araeoscelidia Captorhinidae Protorothyrididae Recumbirostra Varanopidae Other taxa Anapsida Captorhinida Eureptilia Parareptilia Lanthanosuchoidea Millerosauria Procolophonomorpha Ankyramorpha Neodiapsida Eosuchia Younginiformes Avicephala Eolacertilia Euryapsida

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