Askeptosauroidea
| Askeptosauroidea Temporal range: Middle Triassic-Late Triassic, 237–228 Ma |
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| Skeleton of Endennasaurus acutirostris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Thalattosauria |
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†Askeptosauroidea Kuhn-Schnyder, 1971 |
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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.
Below is a cladogram from Wu et al. (2009) showing the phylogenetic relationships of Askeptosauroidea:
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