Eosuchia
Sign in to saveEosuchia is a proposed order of extinct diapsid reptiles comprising taxa from the Permian and Triassic. Eosuchia was initially defined to include all "thecodontian" reptiles which did not have an antorbital fenestra but did retain tabulars, postparietals, and a large pineal foramen (Broom, 1914). Broom coined the term as a new suborder for Youngina.
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It is catalogued under topics including Early Triassic taxonomic orders, Lopingian taxonomic orders and Permian first appearances.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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Eosuchia is a proposed order of extinct diapsid reptiles comprising taxa from the Permian and Triassic. Eosuchia was initially defined to include all "thecodontian" reptiles which did not have an antorbital fenestra but did retain tabulars, postparietals, and a large pineal foramen (Broom, 1914). Broom coined the term as a new suborder for Youngina.
A definition for inclusion in the order is difficult: it is almost easier to list the primitively-diapsid reptiles that have not been included at one time or another. The order has almost been treated as a dustbin for diapsids that are not obviously lepidosaurian or archosaurian. One consequence has been Romer's suggestion of the alternative order Younginiformes to be applied strictly to those forms with the primitive diapsid form, in particular, a complete lowermost arch as the quadratojugal and jugal bones of the skull meet.
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