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Parachirotherium

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Parachirotherium was named by Kuhn (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chirotherium by Klein and Lucas (2021).

It was assigned to Thecodontia by Kuhn (1958); to Saurischia by Kuhn (1971); and to Parachirotheriidae by Haubold (1969), Haubold (1971), Demathieu and Haubold (1972), Haubold (1974).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Dinosaurichnium Rehnelt p. 31
1958Parachirotherium Kuhn p. 22
1969Dinosaurichnium Haubold p. 98
1969Parachirotherium Haubold p. 98
1971Parachirotherium Haubold p. 64
1971Parachirotherium Kuhn p. 23
1972Parachirotherium Demathieu and Haubold p. 806
1974Parachirotherium Haubold p. 40

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
genusParachirotherium

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. †Parachirotherium Kuhn 1958
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Invalid names: Dinosaurichnium Rehnelt 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available