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Thoracosaurus

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Sphenosaurus Agassiz
1852Thoracosaurus Leidy p. 35
1869Holops Cope p. 123
1871Holops Cope p. 235
1871Thoracosaurus Cope p. 235
1875Thoracosaurus Cope p. 14
1902Holops Hay p. 515
1902Thoracosaurus Hay p. 515
1928Thoracosaurus Nopcsa p. 187
1930Thoracosaurus Hay p. 149
1938Thoracosaurus Swinton p. 32
1961Holopsisuchus Kuhn
1964Holopsisuchus Kuhn p. 324
1970Thoracosaurus Estes and Berberian p. 6
1983Thoracosaurus Carpenter
1988Holopsisuchus Carroll
1988Thoracosaurus Carroll
1989Thoracosaurus Bryant p. 57
1998Thoracosaurus Erickson
2000Thoracosaurus Storrs and Efimov p. 415
2004Thoracosaurus Brochu p. 624
2004Thoracosaurus Brochu and Rincón
2005Thoracosaurus Delfino et al.
2006Thoracosaurus Jouve et al.
2007Thoracosaurus Vélez-Juarbe et al.
2008Thoracosaurus Jouve et al.
2008Thoracosaurus Martin and Buffetaut
2011Thoracosaurus Puértolas et al.
2016Thoracosaurus Salas-Gismondi et al.
2021Thoracosaurus Rio and Mannion
2022Thoracosaurus Darlim et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
LongirostresCuvier
Gavialoidea(Brochu 1997)
Gavialidae(Adams 1854)
genusThoracosaurusLeidy 1852

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. †Thoracosaurus Leidy 1852
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Thoracosaurus borissiaki Efimov 1988
Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus de Blainville 1855
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Invalid names: Thoracosaurus scanicus Troedsson 1924 [synonym]
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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