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Galesauridae
Taxonomy
Galesauridae was named by Lydekker (1890). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cynodontia by Kuhn (1946); to Cynognathoidea by Hopson and Kitching (1972); to Cynodontia by Haughton and Brink (1954) and Colbert and Kitching (1977); to Procynosuchia by Kemp (1982) and Carroll (1988); and to Epicynodontia by Bonaparte (2012).
It was assigned to Cynodontia by Kuhn (1946); to Cynognathoidea by Hopson and Kitching (1972); to Cynodontia by Haughton and Brink (1954) and Colbert and Kitching (1977); to Procynosuchia by Kemp (1982) and Carroll (1988); and to Epicynodontia by Bonaparte (2012).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1890 | Galesauridae Lydekker |
1915 | Cynosuchidae Broom |
1917 | Nythosauridae Watson |
1946 | Cynosuchidae Kuhn p. 57 |
1946 | Galesauridae Kuhn p. 57 |
1954 | Cynosauridae Haughton and Brink p. 8 |
1954 | Galesauridae Haughton and Brink p. 8 |
1972 | Galesauridae Hopson and Kitching |
1977 | Galesauridae Colbert and Kitching p. 3 |
1982 | Galesauridae Kemp p. 349 |
1988 | Galesauridae Carroll |
2012 | Galesauridae Bonaparte |
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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.
Fm. †Galesauridae Lydekker 1890
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G. †Bolotridon Coad 1977
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†Bolotridon frerensis Seeley 1895
Invalid names: Tribolodon Seeley 1895 [replaced]
G. †Cynosaurus Schmidt 1927
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†Cynosaurus suppostus Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Baurocynodon gracilis Brink 1951 [synonym], Cynosuchus whaitsi Haughton 1918 [synonym], Mygalesuchus peggyae Broom 1942 [synonym]
Invalid names: Baurocynodon Brink 1951 [synonym], Cynosuchoides Broom 1931 [synonym], Cynosuchus Owen 1876 [replaced], Mygalesuchus Broom 1942 [synonym]
G. †Nanictosaurus Broom 1936
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†Nanictosaurus kitchingi Broom 1936
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Invalid names: Nanictosaurus robustus Broom 1940 [synonym], Nanictosaurus rubidgei Broom 1940 [synonym]
G. †Sysphinctostoma Broili and Schröder 1936
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†Sysphinctostoma gracilis Broom 1950
†Sysphinctostoma smithi Broili and Schröder 1936
Invalid names: Cynosauridae Haughton and Brink 1954 [synonym], Cynosuchidae Broom 1915 [synonym], Nythosauridae Watson 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available