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Zanclodontidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Zanclodontidae was named by Marsh (1882).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurinidae by Lydekker (1888); it was synonymized subjectively with Plateosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896) and Steel (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Teratosauridae by Kuhn (1946), Romer (1956) and Walker (1964).
It was assigned to Megalosauria by Baur (1891); to Dinosauria by Fraas (1900); to Theropoda by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885) and Huene (1908); to Saurischia by Arldt (1909) and Huene (1909); to Therophagi by Jaekel (1914); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1914) and Matthew (1915); to Theropoda by Dollo (1884), Zittel (1890), Huene (1902), Sauvage (1907) and Lull (1924); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1929); to Zanclodontoidae by Hay (1930); to Carnosauria by Roxo (1937) and Colbert (1961); to Prolacertilia by Kuhn (1966); and to Squamata by Kuhn (1971).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurinidae by Lydekker (1888); it was synonymized subjectively with Plateosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896) and Steel (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Teratosauridae by Kuhn (1946), Romer (1956) and Walker (1964).
It was assigned to Megalosauria by Baur (1891); to Dinosauria by Fraas (1900); to Theropoda by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885) and Huene (1908); to Saurischia by Arldt (1909) and Huene (1909); to Therophagi by Jaekel (1914); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1914) and Matthew (1915); to Theropoda by Dollo (1884), Zittel (1890), Huene (1902), Sauvage (1907) and Lull (1924); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1929); to Zanclodontoidae by Hay (1930); to Carnosauria by Roxo (1937) and Colbert (1961); to Prolacertilia by Kuhn (1966); and to Squamata by Kuhn (1971).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1882 | Zanclodontidae Marsh |
1882 | Zanclodontidae Sauvage p. 35 |
1884 | Zanclodontidae Dollo p. 298 |
1884 | Zanclodontidae Marsh p. 69 |
1884 | Zanclodontidae Vetter p. 363 |
1885 | Zanclodontidae Marsh p. 764 |
1890 | Zanclodontidae Zittel p. 719 |
1891 | Zanclodontidae Baur p. 450 |
1900 | Zanclodontidae Fraas p. 512 |
1902 | Zanclodontidae Huene |
1907 | Zanclodontidae Sauvage p. 9 |
1908 | Zanclodontidae Huene p. 307 |
1909 | Zanclodontidae Arldt p. 262 |
1909 | Zanclodontidae Huene p. 13 |
1914 | Zanclodontidae Huene p. 14 |
1914 | Zanclodontidae Jaekel p. 197 |
1915 | Zanclodontidae Matthew p. 32 |
1924 | Zanclodontidae Lull p. 229 |
1929 | Zanclodontidae Huene p. 270 |
1930 | Zanclodontidae Hay p. 168 |
1937 | Zanclodontidae Roxo p. 65 |
1961 | Zanclodontidae Colbert p. 76 |
1966 | Zanclodontidae Kuhn p. 43 |
1971 | Zanclodontidae Kuhn p. 11 |
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Fm. †Zanclodontidae Marsh 1882
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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K. A. v. Zittel 1890 | Wirbel amphicöl und massiv. Schambeine distal stark ausgebreitet. Ischia breit, stärker als die Schambeine. Hand und Fuss fünfzehig. | |
R. S. Lull 1924 | Skull large, containing knife-like teeth, bending backward but not possessing marginal serrations; anterior dorsals having small centra, but high, strong spines. |