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Thoracosaurus
Taxonomy
Thoracosaurus was named by Leidy (1852). It is not extant. Its type is Gavialis neocesariensis. It is the type genus of Thoracosauridae. It was considered paraphyletic by Brochu (2004).
It was assigned to Gavialidae by Hay (1902); to Thoracosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875) and Hay (1930); to Tomistomidae by Swinton (1938); to Crocodylinae by Estes and Berberian (1970); to Crocodylidae by Carroll (1988) and Erickson (1998); to Thoracosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928), Carpenter (1983), Bryant (1989) and Storrs and Efimov (2000); to Gavialoidea by Brochu and Rincón (2004), Brochu (2004), Delfino et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Vélez-Juarbe et al. (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Puértolas et al. (2011) and Salas-Gismondi et al. (2016); to Gavialidae by Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Eusuchia by Darlim et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Gavialidae by Hay (1902); to Thoracosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875) and Hay (1930); to Tomistomidae by Swinton (1938); to Crocodylinae by Estes and Berberian (1970); to Crocodylidae by Carroll (1988) and Erickson (1998); to Thoracosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928), Carpenter (1983), Bryant (1989) and Storrs and Efimov (2000); to Gavialoidea by Brochu and Rincón (2004), Brochu (2004), Delfino et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Vélez-Juarbe et al. (2007), Martin and Buffetaut (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Puértolas et al. (2011) and Salas-Gismondi et al. (2016); to Gavialidae by Rio and Mannion (2021); and to Eusuchia by Darlim et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1849 | Sphenosaurus Agassiz |
1852 | Thoracosaurus Leidy p. 35 |
1869 | Holops Cope p. 123 |
1871 | Holops Cope p. 235 |
1871 | Thoracosaurus Cope p. 235 |
1875 | Thoracosaurus Cope p. 14 |
1902 | Holops Hay p. 515 |
1902 | Thoracosaurus Hay p. 515 |
1928 | Thoracosaurus Nopcsa p. 187 |
1930 | Thoracosaurus Hay p. 149 |
1938 | Thoracosaurus Swinton p. 32 |
1961 | Holopsisuchus Kuhn |
1964 | Holopsisuchus Kuhn p. 324 |
1970 | Thoracosaurus Estes and Berberian p. 6 |
1983 | Thoracosaurus Carpenter |
1988 | Holopsisuchus Carroll |
1988 | Thoracosaurus Carroll |
1989 | Thoracosaurus Bryant p. 57 |
1998 | Thoracosaurus Erickson |
2000 | Thoracosaurus Storrs and Efimov p. 415 |
2004 | Thoracosaurus Brochu p. 624 |
2004 | Thoracosaurus Brochu and Rincón |
2005 | Thoracosaurus Delfino et al. |
2006 | Thoracosaurus Jouve et al. |
2007 | Thoracosaurus Vélez-Juarbe et al. |
2008 | Thoracosaurus Jouve et al. |
2008 | Thoracosaurus Martin and Buffetaut |
2011 | Thoracosaurus Puértolas et al. |
2016 | Thoracosaurus Salas-Gismondi et al. |
2021 | Thoracosaurus Rio and Mannion |
2022 | Thoracosaurus Darlim et al. |
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G. †Thoracosaurus Leidy 1852
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†Thoracosaurus borissiaki Efimov 1988
†Thoracosaurus brevispinus Cope 1867
†Thoracosaurus isorhynchus Pomel 1847
†Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus de Blainville 1855
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Invalid names: Thoracosaurus scanicus Troedsson 1924 [synonym]
†Thoracosaurus neocesariensis De Kay 1842
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Invalid names: Crocodilus clavirostris Morton 1845 [synonym], Crocodilus dekayi Leidy 1852 [objective synonym], Holopsisuchus brevispinus Cope 1869 [synonym], Hyposaurus fraterculus Cope 1869 [synonym], Thoracosaurus meirsanus Troxell 1925 [synonym], Thoracosaurus mullicensis Troxell 1925 [synonym]
Invalid names: Holopsisuchus Kuhn 1961 [synonym], Sphenosaurus Agassiz 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available