Reptilia - Saurischia - Cetiosauridae
Synonym: Protognathus Zhang 1988 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. Olshevsky. 1991. A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2:1-196
Parent taxon: Cetiosauridae according to G. Peng et al. 2005
See also Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong 1998, Li et al. 2011, Li et al. 2010, Martin-Rolland 1999, Olshevsky 1991, Olshevsky 1992 and Upchurch et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cardiodontinae, Cetiosaurinae, Chebsaurus, Shunosaurinae
Subtaxa: Protognathosaurus oxyodon
Type: Protognathus oxyodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower] (Jurassic of China)
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