Reptilia - Rhynchosauria - Rhynchosauridae
Alternative spellings: Rhynchosaurida, Rhyncosauridae
Synonym: Scaphonychidae Huene 1948
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. On the homologies of some of the cranial bones of the Reptilia, and on the systematic arrangement of the class. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 19:194-247
Parent taxon: Rhynchosauria according to M. D. Ezcurra et al. 2016
See also Benton 1985, Boulenger 1893, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Haughton and Brink 1954, Jaekel 1910, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Long and Murry 1995, Mukherjee and Ray 2015, Olson 1966 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Eohyosaurus, Howesia, Hyperodapedontidae, Mesosuchidia, Mesosuchus, Noteosuchus, Rhynchosauroidea
Subtaxa: Bentonyx Fodonyx Hyperodapedontinae Langeronyx Rhynchosaurinae Rhynchosaurus Stenaulorhynchinae
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (7 collections), Brazil (27), Canada (3: Nova Scotia), India (12), Madagascar (3), Poland (1), Tanzania (4), the United Kingdom (30), United States (11: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming), Zimbabwe (8)
Total: 106 collections including 114 occurrences