PBDB

Opinions from J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981

'Abdounia recticonia belongs to Abdounia' according to Winkler 1873
'Abdounia recticonia is recombined as Galeorhinus recticonus'
'Acipenseridae belongs to Acipenseriformes'
'Acipenseriformes belongs to Chondrostei'
'Acrodobatis belongs to Orectolobidae'
'Ginglymostoma obliquum is a subjective synonym of Ginglymostoma serra'
'Acrodobatis serra is recombined as Ginglymostoma serra'
'Acrodobatis serra belongs to Acrodobatis' according to Leidy 1877
'Actinopterygii was reranked as a class and belongs to Osteichthyes'
'Aetobatus [misspelled as Aetiobatis] belongs to Myliobatidae'
'Agomphus belongs to Dermatemydidae'
'Agomphus alabamensis belongs to Agomphus'
'Alabamornis gigantea is a subjective synonym of Basilosaurus cetoides'
'Albula belongs to Albulidae'
'Albula dunklei belongs to Albula' according to Applegate 1970
'Albula dunklei belongs to Albula'
'Albulidae belongs to Albuloidei'
'Albuloidei belongs to Elopiformes'
'Alopias belongs to Alopiidae'
'Alopias latidens belongs to Alopias' according to Leriche 1909
'Alopias latidens alabamensis belongs to Alopias latidens' according to White 1956
'Alopiidae belongs to Galeoidea'
'Amiiformes belongs to Holostei'
'Amphibia belongs to Vertebrata'
'Anacoracidae belongs to Galeoidea'
'Anapsida belongs to Reptilia'
'Anguilliformes belongs to Teleostei'
'Ankylosauria belongs to Ornithischia'
'Anomoeodus belongs to Pycnodontes'
'Aprionodon belongs to Carcharhinidae'
'Archaeoceti belongs to Cetacea'
'Archaeodelphis belongs to Patriocetidae'
'Archaeodelphis patrius belongs to Archaeodelphis'
'Archosauria was reranked as a subclass and belongs to Reptilia'
'Artiodactyla belongs to Mammalia'
'Attenosaurus belongs to Rhachitomi'
'Attenosaurus indistinctus is a subjective synonym of Attenosaurus subulensis'
'Attenosaurus subulensis belongs to Attenosaurus' according to Aldrich and Jones 1930
'Attenosaurus subulensis belongs to Attenosaurus'
'Aves belongs to Vertebrata'
'Bananogmiidae belongs to Albuloidei'
'Bananogmius belongs to Bananogmiidae'
'Basilosauridae belongs to Archaeoceti'
'Basilosaurus belongs to Basilosauridae'
'Basilosaurus kochii is recombined as Zygorhiza kochii'
'Batoidea belongs to Elasmobranchii'
'Blochiidae belongs to Scombroidei'
'Bothremys belongs to Pelomedusidae'
'Bovidae belongs to Ruminantia'
'Bradyodonti belongs to Chondrichthyes'
'Calcarichelys belongs to Protostegidae'
'Calcarichelys gemma belongs to Calcarichelys'
'Camelidae belongs to Ruminantia'
'Carcharhinidae belongs to Galeoidea'
'Carcharias angustidens is recombined as Carcharodon (Procarcharodon) angustidens'
'Carcharodon (Procarcharodon) belongs to Carcharodon'
'Carcharopsis wortheni is recombined as Dicrenodus wortheni'
'Carcharopsis wortheni belongs to Carcharopsis' according to Newberry and Worthen 1866
'Carnivora belongs to Mammalia'
'Cervidae belongs to Ruminantia'
'Cetacea belongs to Mammalia'
'Chelonii is corrected as Chelonia and belongs to Anapsida'
'Cheloniidae belongs to Cryptodira'
'Chelosphargis belongs to Protostegidae'
'Chimaeriformes belongs to Holocephali'
'Chimaeroidei belongs to Chimaeriformes'
'Chondrostei belongs to Actinopterygii'
'Ciconiiformes belongs to Aves'
'Cimolichthys belongs to Enchodontidae'
'Cincosaurus cobbi belongs to Cincosaurus'
'Cincosaurus jaggerensis belongs to Cincosaurus' according to Aldrich and Jones 1930
'Cincosaurus jaggerensis is a subjective synonym of Cincosaurus cobbi'
'Cincosaurus jonesii belongs to Cincosaurus' according to Aldrich and Jones 1930
'Cincosaurus jonesii is a subjective synonym of Cincosaurus cobbi'
'Cladodus belongs to Cladoselachidae'
'Cladodus magnificus belongs to Cladodus' according to Tuomey 1858
'Cladodus newmani belongs to Cladodus' according to Tuomey 1858
'Cladoselache belongs to Cladoselachidae'
'Cladoselachidae belongs to Cladoselachii'
'Cladoselachii belongs to Elasmobranchii'
'Clidastes belongs to Mosasaurinae'
'Clidastes intermedius is recombined as Platecarpus intermedius'
'Clidastes propython belongs to Clidastes'
'Clidastes sternbergi is recombined as Halisaurus sternbergi'
'Clupeidae belongs to Clupeiformes'
'Clupeiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
'Coelorhynchus acus belongs to Coelorhynchus' according to Cope 1870
'Coelorhynchus acus is recombined as Cylindracanthus acus'
'Coelorhynchus rectus belongs to Coelorhynchus' according to Agassiz 1843
'Coelorhynchus rectus is recombined as Cylindracanthus rectus'
'Conger belongs to Anguilliformes'
'Conger brevior belongs to Conger' according to Koken 1888
'Conger brevior belongs to Conger'
'Conger sanctus belongs to Conger' according to Frizzell and Lamber 1962
'Conger sanctus belongs to Conger'
'Corax affinis is recombined as Pseudocorax affinis'
'Corax falcatus is recombined as Squalicorax falcatus'
'Corsochelys belongs to Cheloniidae'
'Corsochelys haliniches belongs to Corsochelys'
'Crocodilia belongs to Archosauria'
'Cryptodira belongs to Chelonia'
'Ctenacanthidae belongs to Cladoselachii'
'Ctenacanthus belongs to Ctenacanthidae'
'Ctenacanthus elegans belongs to Ctenacanthus' according to Tuomey 1858
'Ctenochelys belongs to Lophochelyinae'
'Ctenochelys acris belongs to Ctenochelys'
'Ctenochelys tennuitesta belongs to Ctenochelys' according to Zangerl 1953
'Ctenochelys tennuitesta belongs to Ctenochelys'
'Cylindracanthus belongs to Blochiidae'
'Cylindracanthus ornatus belongs to Cylindracanthus' according to Leidy 1856
'Cylindracanthus ornatus is a subjective synonym of Cylindracanthus rectus'
'Dasyatidae belongs to Myliobatoidea'
'Dasyatis belongs to Dasyatidae'
'Dercetidae belongs to Salmoniformes'
'Dermatemydidae belongs to Cryptodira'
'Dermochelyidae [misspelled as Dermochelidae] belongs to Cryptodira'
'Dicrenodus belongs to Hybodontes'
'Dinodontidae is corrected as Deinodontidae and belongs to Theropoda'
'Diodon belongs to Diodontidae'
'Diodontidae belongs to Tetraodontiformes'
'Discosaurus belongs to Elasmosauridae'
'Discosaurus vetustus belongs to Discosaurus'
'Dorudontidae belongs to Archaeoceti'
'Edaphodon belongs to Edaphodontidae'
'Edaphodon barberi belongs to Edaphodon' according to Applegate 1970
'Edaphodon mirificus belongs to Edaphodon'
'Edaphodontidae belongs to Chimaeroidei'
'Edentata belongs to Mammalia'
'Elasmobranchii belongs to Chondrichthyes'
'Elasmosauridae belongs to Plesiosauroidea'
'Elephantidae belongs to Proboscidea'
'Elephas belongs to Elephantidae'
'Elephas americanus is recombined as Mammut americanum'
'Elephas columbi belongs to Elephas'
'Elopidae belongs to Elopoidei'
'Elopiformes belongs to Teleostei'
'Elopoidei belongs to Elopiformes'
'Empo nepaholica is recombined as Cimolichthys nepaholica'
'Enchodontidae belongs to Salmoniformes'
'Enchodus belongs to Enchodontidae'
'Enchodus petrosus belongs to Enchodus'
'Enchodus saevus belongs to Enchodus'
'Equidae belongs to Hippomorpha'
'Equus belongs to Equidae'
'Erisichthe belongs to Pachycormidae'
'Erisichthe nitida is recombined as Protosphyraena nitida'
'Galeocerdo belongs to Carcharhinidae'
'Galeocerdo alabamensis belongs to Galeocerdo' according to Leriche 1942
'Galeocerdo alabamensis belongs to Galeocerdo'
'Galeocerdo clarkensis belongs to Galeocerdo'
'Galeoidea belongs to Selachii'
'Galeorhinus belongs to Carcharhinidae'
'Galeorhinus falconeri belongs to Galeorhinus'
'Galeorhinus recticonus claibornensis belongs to Galeorhinus recticonus'
'Galeus pristodontus is recombined as Squalicorax pristiodontus'
'Ginglymostoma belongs to Orectolobidae'
'Ginglymostoma blanckenhorni belongs to Ginglymostoma' according to Stromer 1905
'Globidens alabamensis [misspelled as Globidens alabamaensis] belongs to Globidens'
'Hadrianus belongs to Testudinidae'
'Hadrianus schucherti belongs to Hadrianus'
'Hadrodontidae belongs to Semionotoidei'
'Hadrodus belongs to Hadrodontidae'
'Hadrodus priscus belongs to Hadrodus' according to Leidy 1857
'Hadrodus priscus belongs to Hadrodus'
'Hadrosauridae belongs to Ornithopoda'
'Halisaurus belongs to Mosasaurinae'
'Hemipristis belongs to Carcharhinidae'
'Heterodontidae belongs to Heterodontoidea'
'Heterodontoidea belongs to Selachii'
'Heterodontus belongs to Heterodontidae'
'Heterodontus woodwardi belongs to Heterodontus'
'Hipparion belongs to Equidae'
'Hipparion (Nannippus) was reranked as Nannippus and belongs to Equidae'
'Hipparion phosphorum belongs to Hipparion'
'Hippomorpha belongs to Perissodactyla'
'Holcodus coryphaeus is recombined as Platecarpus coryphaeus'
'Holocephali belongs to Chondrichthyes'
'Holostei belongs to Actinopterygii'
'Hybodontes is corrected as Hybodontidae and belongs to Hybodontoidea'
'Hybodontoidea belongs to Selachii'
'Hydrarchos harlani is a subjective synonym of Basilosaurus cetoides'
'Hydrargos sillimanii is a subjective synonym of Basilosaurus cetoides'
'Hypolophus belongs to Dasyatidae'
'Hypoprion greyegertoni is recombined as Aprionodon greyegertoni'
'Ichthyodectes belongs to Ichthyodectidae'
'Ichthyodectes ctenodon belongs to Ichthyodectes'
'Ichthyodectidae belongs to Osteichthyes'
'Ischyrhiza belongs to Pristidae'
'Ischyrhiza mira belongs to Ischyrhiza'
'Isurus belongs to Lamnidae'
'Isurus praecursor belongs to Isurus'
'Labroidei is corrected as Labridae and belongs to Labroidei'
'Lacertilia was reranked as a suborder and belongs to Squamata'
'Lamna belongs to Lamnidae'
'Lamna (Odontaspis) hopei is recombined as Odontaspis hopei'
'Lamna (Odontaspis) rhaphiodon is recombined as Scapanorhynchus raphiodon'
'Lamna (Odontaspis) verticalis is recombined as Odontaspis verticalis'
'Lamna appendiculata belongs to Lamna'
'Lamna mantellii is recombined as Isurus mantelli'
'Lamna mediavia belongs to Lamna' according to Leriche 1940
'Lamna mediavia belongs to Lamna'
'Lamnidae belongs to Galeoidea'
'Lepidosauria was reranked as a superorder and belongs to Reptilia'
'Lepisosteidae belongs to Lepisostoidei'
'Lepisosteioidei [misspelled as Lepisostoidei] belongs to Semionotiformes'
'Liodon curtirostris is recombined as Platecarpus curtirostris'
'Liodon ictericus is recombined as Platecarpus ictericus'
'Lophochelyinae belongs to Toxochelyidae'
'Lophochelys belongs to Lophochelyinae'
'Lophochelys venatrix belongs to Lophochelys'
'Lophorhothon belongs to Hadrosauridae'
'Lophorhothon atopus belongs to Lophorhothon'
'Mammalia belongs to Vertebrata'
'Mammut belongs to Mastodontidae'
'Mastodonadae is corrected as Mastodontidae and belongs to Proboscidea'
'Megalonychidae belongs to Pilosa'
'Megalonyx belongs to Megalonychidae'
'Megatherium jeffersonii is recombined as Megalonyx jeffersonii'
'Miacidae belongs to Carnivora'
'Moorevillia belongs to Bananogmiidae'
'Moorevillia hardi belongs to Moorevillia' according to Applegate 1970
'Moorevillia hardi belongs to Moorevillia'
'Mosasauridae belongs to Lacertilia'
'Mosasaurinae belongs to Mosasauridae'
'Mosasaurus belongs to Mosasaurinae'
'Mugiloidei belongs to Perciformes'
'Myliobatidae belongs to Myliobatoidea'
'Myliobatoidea was reranked as a suborder and belongs to Batoidea'
'Mysticeti belongs to Cetacea'
'Negaprion gibbesi gilmorei belongs to Negaprion gibbesi' according to White 1956
'Negaprion gibbesi gilmorei belongs to Negaprion gibbesi'
'Odontaspididae is corrected as Odontaspidae and belongs to Galeoidea'
'Odontaspis macrota semistriata belongs to Odontaspis macrota' according to Leriche 1942
'Odontaspis macrota semistriata belongs to Odontaspis macrota'
'Odontaspis malletiana belongs to Odontaspis'
'Odontoceti belongs to Cetacea'
'Orectolobidae belongs to Galeoidea'
'Ornithischia belongs to Archosauria'
'Ornithopoda belongs to Ornithischia'
'Osteichthyes belongs to Vertebrata'
'Osteoglossiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
'Ostraciidae belongs to Tetraodontiformes'
'Ostracion belongs to Ostraciidae'
'Otodus macrotus is recombined as Odontaspis macrota'
'Otodus rutoti belongs to Otodus' according to Winkler 1874
'Otodus rutoti is recombined as Odontaspis rutoti'
'Oxyrhina desorii praecursor is a subjective synonym of Oxyrhina praecursor americana' according to Leriche 1942
'Oxyrhina praecursor belongs to Oxyrhina' according to Leriche 1942
'Oxyrhina praecursor americana is recombined as Isurus praecursor americanus'
'Pachycormidae belongs to Amiiformes'
'Pachyrhizodontidae belongs to Elopoidei'
'Pachyrhizodus belongs to Pachyrhizodontidae'
'Pachyrhizodus caninus belongs to Pachyrhizodus' according to Cope 1872
'Pachyrhizodus caninus belongs to Pachyrhizodus'
'Pachyrhizodus kingi belongs to Pachyrhizodus' according to Cope 1872
'Pachyrhizodus kingi belongs to Pachyrhizodus'
'Palaeophidae belongs to Serpentes'
'Palelops belongs to Elopidae'
'Palelops eutawensis belongs to Palelops'
'Patriocetidae belongs to Mysticeti'
'Pelagodornithidae is corrected as Plegadornithidae and belongs to Ciconiae'
'Pelomedusidae belongs to Pleurodira'
'Perciformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
'Percoidea is corrected as Percoidei and belongs to Perciformes'
'Perissodactyla was reranked as a order and belongs to Mammalia'
'Petalodontidae belongs to Bradyodonti'
'Petalodus belongs to Petalodontidae'
'Phyllodus belongs to Labridae'
'Physodon belongs to Carcharhinidae'
'Pilosa belongs to Edentata'
'Platecarpus belongs to Plioplatecarpidae'
'Platecarpus somenensis belongs to Platecarpus' according to Thevenin 1896
'Platecarpus somenensis belongs to Platecarpus'
'Platecarpus tympaniticus belongs to Platecarpus'
'Plegadornis belongs to Plegadornithidae'
'Plegadornis antecessor [misspelled as Plegadornis anteccessor] belongs to Plegadornis'
'Plesiosauria was reranked as a suborder and belongs to Sauropterygia'
'Plesiosauroidea belongs to Plesiosauria'
'Pleurodira belongs to Chelonia'
'Plioplatecarpidae was reranked as the subfamily Plioplatecarpinae and belongs to Mosasauridae'
'Pliosauroidea belongs to Plesiosauria'
'Podocnemis alabamae is a subjective synonym of Bothremys barberi'
'Podocnemis barberi is recombined as Bothremys barberi'
'Podocnemis barberi belongs to Podocnemis' according to Schmidt 1940
'Polycotylidae belongs to Pliosauroidea'
'Polygonodon audax is recombined as Xiphactinus audax'
'Pontogeneus belongs to Basilosauridae'
'Pontogeneus priscus is a subjective synonym of Pontogeneus brachyspondylus'
'Prionochelys belongs to Lophochelyinae'
'Prionochelys matutina belongs to Prionochelys'
'Pristidae belongs to Pristioidea'
'Pristioidea belongs to Elasmobranchii'
'Pristis belongs to Pristidae'
'Proboscidea was reranked as a order and belongs to Mammalia'
'Prognathodon belongs to Plioplatecarpidae'
'Propenser belongs to Acipenseridae'
'Protoceratidae belongs to Ruminantia'
'Protohippus lenticularis is recombined as Nannippus lenticularis'
'Protosphyraena belongs to Pachycormidae'
'Protostega advena is recombined as Chelosphargis advena'
'Protostega dixie belongs to Protostega' according to Zangerl 1953
'Protostega dixie belongs to Protostega'
'Protostegidae belongs to Cryptodira'
'Psammodontidae belongs to Bradyodonti'
'Psammodus belongs to Psammodontidae'
'Pterosphenus belongs to Palaeophidae'
'Pterosphenus schucherti belongs to Pterosphenus'
'Ptychodontidae belongs to Hybodontoidea'
'Ptychodus belongs to Ptychodontidae'
'Ptychodus mortoni belongs to Ptychodus'
'Ptychodus polygyrus belongs to Ptychodus'
'Pycnodontes is corrected as Pycnodontidae and belongs to Pycnodontiformes'
'Pycnodontiformes belongs to Holostei'
'Quadropedia belongs to Seymouriamorpha'
'Quadropedia prima belongs to Quadropedia' according to Aldrich and Jones 1930
'Quadropedia prima [misspelled as Quadrupedia prima] belongs to Quadropedia'
'Raja belongs to Rajidae'
'Rajidae belongs to Rajoidea'
'Rajoidea belongs to Batoidea'
'Reptilia belongs to Vertebrata'
'Rhachitomi belongs to Amphibia'
'Rhinocerotidae belongs to Tapiromorpha'
'Rhinoptera belongs to Rhinopteridae'
'Rhinopteridae belongs to Myliobatoidea'
'Rhizoprionodon belongs to Carcharhinidae'
'Ruminantia belongs to Artiodactyla'
'Salmoniformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
'Sarcopterygii belongs to Osteichthyes'
'Saurischia belongs to Archosauria'
'Saurocephalidae belongs to Osteoglossiformes'
'Saurocephalus belongs to Saurocephalidae'
'Saurocephalus lanciformis belongs to Saurocephalus'
'Saurodon belongs to Saurocephalidae'
'Saurodon leanus belongs to Saurodon'
'Saurodontidae is a subjective synonym of Saurocephalidae'
'Sauropterygia was reranked as a order and belongs to Reptilia'
'Scapanorhynchus belongs to Odontaspidae'
'Scapanorhynchus rapax belongs to Scapanorhynchus' according to Quaas 1902
'Scapanorhynchus rapax belongs to Scapanorhynchus'
'Sciaenoidei was reranked as the family Sciaenidae and belongs to Percoidei'
'Scombroidei belongs to Perciformes'
'Scyliorhinidae belongs to Galeoidea'
'Scyliorhinus belongs to Scyliorhinidae'
'Scyliorhinus enniskilleni belongs to Scyliorhinus'
'Selachii belongs to Elasmobranchii'
'Semionotiformes belongs to Holostei'
'Semionotoidei belongs to Semionotiformes'
'Serpentes belongs to Reptilia'
'Seymouriamorpha belongs to Amphibia'
'Sirenia was reranked as a order and belongs to Mammalia'
'Sphyraena belongs to Sphyraenidae'
'Sphyraenidae belongs to Mugiloidei'
'Squalicorax belongs to Anacoracidae'
'Squamata belongs to Lepidosauria'
'Stratodus belongs to Dercetidae'
'Stratodus apicalis belongs to Stratodus'
'Synthetoceras belongs to Protoceratidae'
'Synthetoceras tricornatus belongs to Synthetoceras'
'Tapiromorpha belongs to Perissodactyla'
'Teleoceras belongs to Rhinocerotidae'
'Teleostei was reranked as a infraclass and belongs to Osteichthyes'
'Testudinidae belongs to Cryptodira'
'Tetraodontiformes belongs to Teleostei'
'Theropoda was reranked as a suborder and belongs to Saurischia'
'Thinochelys belongs to Toxochelyinae'
'Toxochelyidae belongs to Cryptodira'
'Toxochelyinae belongs to Toxochelyidae'
'Toxochelys belongs to Toxochelyinae'
'Toxochelys moorevillensis belongs to Toxochelys'
'Trichiuridae belongs to Scombroidei'
'Trichiurides belongs to Trichiuridae'
'Trichiurus belongs to Trichiuridae'
'Trigonodus secundus belongs to Trigonodus' according to Winkler 1876
'Trigonodus secundus is recombined as Physodon secundus'
'Trionychidae belongs to Cryptodira'
'Tylosaurinae belongs to Mosasauridae'
'Tylosaurus belongs to Tylosaurinae'
'Tylosaurus zangerli belongs to Tylosaurus'
'Ursidae belongs to Carnivora'
'Xiphactinus belongs to Ichthyodectidae'
'Zeuglodon brachyspondylus is recombined as Pontogeneus brachyspondylus'
'Zygorhiza minor is a subjective synonym of Zygorhiza kochii'
'Zeuglodon ceti is a subjective synonym of Basilosaurus cetoides'
'Zeuglodon cetoides is recombined as Basilosaurus cetoides'
'Zeuglodon harlani is a subjective synonym of Basilosaurus cetoides'
'Zeuglodon macrospondylus is a subjective synonym of Basilosaurus cetoides'
'Zygorhiza belongs to Dorudontidae'