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Diplocynodon

Reptilia

Synonyms
  • Crocodylus monsvialensis was named by Fabiani (1914). Its type specimen is MGPPD 26843 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ligniti di Monteviale, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine lignite in Italy.

    It was recombined as Asiatosuchus monsvialensis by Franco and Piccoli (1993) and Angielczyk and Gingerich (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Diplocynodon ratelii by Brinkman and Rauhe (1998); it was considered a nomen dubium by Macaluso et al. (2019).
  • Crocodylus dalpiazi was named by Fabiani (1915). Its type specimen is MGP-PD 26814 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ligniti di Monteviale, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine lignite in Italy.

    It was recombined as Diplocynodon dalpiazi by Franco et al. (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Diplocynodon ratelii by Brinkman and Rauhe (1998); it was considered a nomen dubium by Macaluso et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Diplocynodon Pomel p. 383
1902Diplocynodon Hay p. 514
1914Crocodylus monsvialensis Fabiani
1915Crocodylus dalpiazi Fabiani
1928Diplocynodon Perrier p. 3089
1930Diplocynodon Hay p. 155
1988Diplocynodon Carroll
1992Diplocynodon dalpiazi Franco et al.
1993Asiatosuchus monsvialensis Franco and Piccoli
1998Asiatosuchus monsvialensis Angielczyk and Gingerich
1999Diplocynodon Brochu
2000Diplocynodon Astibia et al. p. 237
2002Diplocynodon Böhme p. 342
2006Diplocynodon Piras and Buscalioni
2007Diplocynodon Karl p. 60
2008Diplocynodon Böhme p. 169
2008Diplocynodon Jouve et al.
2008Diplocynodon Martin and Buffetaut
2010Diplocynodon Böhme p. 17
2010Diplocynodon Martin
2011Diplocynodon Puértolas et al.
2012Diplocynodon Delfino and Smith
2013Diplocynodon Pinheiro et al.
2014Diplocynodon Farke et al.
2014Diplocynodon Martin et al.
2020Diplocynodon Rio et al.
2021Diplocynodon Rio and Mannion

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
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)
Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
genusDiplocynodonPomel 1847

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. †Diplocynodon Pomel 1847
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Diplocynodon buetikonensis von Meyer 1855
Diplocynodon darwini Ludwig 1877
Diplocynodon deponiae Frey et al. 1987
Diplocynodon elavericus Martin 2010
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Invalid names: Crocodilus hastingsiae Owen 1848 [synonym]
Diplocynodon kochi Venczel and Codrea 2022
Diplocynodon levantinicum Huene and Nikoloff 1963
Diplocynodon muelleri Kalin 1936
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Invalid names: Diplocynodon guerini Bataller 1941 [synonym], Diplocynodon marini Bataller 1941 [synonym]
Diplocynodon plenidens Meyer 1838
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Invalid names: Plerodon crocodiloides Meyer 1839 [synonym]
Diplocynodon ratelii Pomel 1847
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Invalid names: Asiatosuchus monsvialensis Fabiani 1914 [synonym], Diplocynodon gracilis Vaillant 1872 [synonym]
Diplocynodon remensis Martin et al. 2014
Diplocynodon tormis Buscalioni et al. 1992
Diplocynodon ungeri Prangner 1845
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Invalid names: Crocodilus steineri Hofmann 1887 [synonym], Crocodilus styriacus Hofmann 1887 [synonym]
Invalid names: Crocodylus dalpiazi Fabiani 1915 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus monsvialensis Fabiani 1914 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available