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Protosuchus

Reptilia - Protosuchidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Archaeosuchus Brown p. 1
1934Protosuchus Brown p. 80
1967Protosuchus Charig p. 710
1970Protosuchus Walker p. 369
1983Lesothosuchus Whetstone and Whybrow p. 5 figs. 1-7
1988Lesothosuchus Carroll
1988Protosuchus Carroll
1994Protosuchus Wu et al.
1996Protosuchus Sues et al.
1997Protosuchus Wu et al.
2000Protosuchus Ortega et al.
2004Protosuchus Pol et al.
2004Protosuchus Pol and Norell
2006Protosuchus Zaher et al.
2008Protosuchus Fiorelli and Calvo
2011Protosuchus Andrade et al.
2011Protosuchus Nascimento and Zaher
2011Protosuchus Nesbitt fig. 51
2012Protosuchus Bronzati et al.
2017Protosuchus Buscalioni
2018Protosuchus Martínez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
familyProtosuchidae
genusProtosuchus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Protosuchus Brown 1934
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Protosuchus haughtoni Busbey III and Gow 1984
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Invalid names: Lesothosuchus charigi Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 [synonym]
Protosuchus micmac Sues et al. 1996
Invalid names: Archaeosuchus Brown 1933 [replaced], Lesothosuchus Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available