Preface Introduction Introduction (The first edition, 1992) Institutional abbreviations Tetrapoda Amphibia Order Temnospondyli Family Brachyopidae Family Metoposauridae Superfamily Mastodonsauroidea Family Heylerosauridae Family Mastodonsauridae Superfamily Dissorophoidea Family Dissorophidae Subclass Lissamphibia Superorder Caudata Order Urodela Family Cryptobranchidae Family ?Salamandridae Superorder Salientia Order Anura Family Alytidae Family Pelobatidae Family Bufonidae Family Ranidae Superorder Reptiliomorpha Order Anthracosauria Family Chroniosuchidae Suborder Seymouriamorpha Family Discosauriscidae Family Kotlassiidae Amniota Sauropsida Subclass Anapsida Family Bolosauridae Suborder Procolophonia Family Procolophonidae Suborder Pareiasauroidea Family Pareiasauridae Order Testudines Infraorder Rhaptochelydia Gigaorder Casichelydia Suborder Cryptodira Family Chengyuchelyidae Hyperorder Daiocryptodira Parvorder Eucryptodira Family Sinochelyidae Family Xinjiangchelyidae Unranked taxon Centrocryptodira Family Sinemydidae Superfamily Triohcoiea Family Adocidae Family Nanhsiungchelyidae Family Carettochelyidae Family Trionciae Superfamily Testudinoidea Family Lindholmemydidae Family Emydidae Family Testudinidae Order Captorhinomorpha Family Captorhinidae Subclass Diapsida Order Choristodera Family Chasauridae Family Monjurosuchidae Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha Superorder Lepidosauria Order Rhynchocephalia Family Sphenodontidae Order Squamata Infraorder Iguania Pleurodonta Acrodonta Scleroglossa Infraorder Sicoorpha Family Polyglyphanodontidae Family ?Paramacellodidae Infraorder Anguimorpha Family Anguidae Family Carusiidae Family ?Xenosauridae Family Helodermatidae Family ?Varanidae …… Marine diapseds Infraclass Archosauromorpha Order Crocodylonorpha Order Pterosauria Order Saurischia Aves Subclass Symapsida Literature cited Systematic index Index A comparative list of the locality in Chinese phonetic alphabet(CPA)and conventional English(CE)