| Younginiformes Fossil range: Permian-Triassic | |
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 Hovasaurus | |
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Younginiformes | |
Younginiformes is a replacement name for the taxon Eosuchia, proposed by Alfred Romer in 1947.
The Eosuchia having become rather a dustbin for many probably distantly-related primitive diapsid reptiles ranging from the late Carboniferous to the Eocene, Romer proposed that this be replaced by Younginiformes, to include the Younginidae and a very few similar families, ranging from the Permian to the Triassic.
References[]
D.Lambert, D.Naish and E.Wyse 2001, "Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and prehistoric life", p.77, Dorling Kindersley Limited, London. ISBN 0-7513-0955-9
