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Rhynchosauridae
Taxonomy
Rhynchosauridae was named by Cope (1871). Its type is Rhynchosaurus.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Rhynchosauridae by Long and Murry (1995), Ezcurra et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Boulenger (1893); to Rhynchosauri by Jaekel (1910); to Rhynchosauria by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966); to Rhynchocephalia by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Zittel (1890), Haughton and Brink (1954), Olson (1966); to Rhynchosauroidea by Benton (1985), Long and Murry (1995); to Rhynchosauria by Carroll (1988), Mukherjee and Ray (2015); and to Rhynchosauria by Ezcurra et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Rhynchosauridae by Long and Murry (1995), Ezcurra et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Boulenger (1893); to Rhynchosauri by Jaekel (1910); to Rhynchosauria by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966); to Rhynchocephalia by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Zittel (1890), Haughton and Brink (1954), Olson (1966); to Rhynchosauroidea by Benton (1985), Long and Murry (1995); to Rhynchosauria by Carroll (1988), Mukherjee and Ray (2015); and to Rhynchosauria by Ezcurra et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Bentonyx, Fodonyx, Hyperodapedontinae, Langeronyx, Rhynchosaurinae, Rhynchosaurus (type genus), Stenaulorhynchinae
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1871 | Rhynchosauridae Cope p. 235 |
1875 | Rhynchosauridae Cope p. 15 |
1890 | Rhynchosauridae Zittel p. 591 |
1893 | Rhynchosauridae Boulenger p. 210 |
1910 | Rhynchosauridae Jaekel p. 333 |
1946 | Rhynchosauridae Kuhn p. 62 |
1948 | Scaphonychidae Huene |
1954 | Rhyncosauridae Haughton and Brink p. 4 |
1966 | Rhynchosauridae Kuhn p. 38 |
1966 | Rhynchosaurida Olson p. 301 |
1985 | Rhynchosauridae Benton p. 154 |
1988 | Rhynchosauridae Carroll |
1995 | Rhynchosauridae Long and Murry |
2015 | Rhynchosauridae Mukherjee and Ray |
2016 | Rhynchosauridae Ezcurra et al. |
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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.
Unr. †Rhynchosauridae Cope 1871
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Unr. †Hyperodapedontinae Chatterjee 1969
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G. †Hyperodapedon Huxley 1859
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†Hyperodapedon huenei Langer and Schultz 2000
†Hyperodapedon mariensis Tupi-Caldas 1933
†Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis Sill 1970
†Hyperodapedon stockleyi Boonstra 1953
†Hyperodapedon tikiensis Mukherjee and Ray 2015
Invalid names: Cephalonia Huene 1940 [synonym], Cephalonia lotziana Huene 1942 [nomen dubium], Macrocephalosaurus Tupi-Caldas 1933 [synonym], Paradapedon Huene 1938 [synonym], Scaphonyx Woodward 1907 [nomen dubium], Scaphonyx australis Huene 1926 [nomen dubium], Scaphonyx fischeri Woodward 1907 [nomen dubium], Stenometopon Boulenger 1903 [synonym], Supradapedon Chatterjee 1980 [synonym]
Invalid names: Scaphonyx africanus Boonstra 1953 [nomen dubium]
G. †Rhynchosaurus Owen 1842
Subfm. †Stenaulorhynchinae Kuhn 1933
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Invalid names: Rhynchosaurinae Nopcsa 1923 [empty], Scaphonychidae Huene 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available