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Geosaurini
Taxonomy
Geosaurini was named by Cau and Fanti (2011). Its type is Geosaurus.
It was assigned to Metriorhynchidae by Barrientos-Lara et al. (2016); and to Geosaurinae by Cau and Fanti (2011), Young et al. (2013), Young (2013), Young et al. (2013), Young et al. (2014), Chiarenza et al. (2015), Foffa et al. (2018) and Young et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Metriorhynchidae by Barrientos-Lara et al. (2016); and to Geosaurinae by Cau and Fanti (2011), Young et al. (2013), Young (2013), Young et al. (2013), Young et al. (2014), Chiarenza et al. (2015), Foffa et al. (2018) and Young et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Geosaurini Cau and Fanti p. 558 fig. 6 |
| 2013 | Geosaurini Young fig. 6 |
| 2013 | Geosaurini Young et al. |
| 2013 | Geosaurini Young et al. |
| 2014 | Geosaurini Young et al. |
| 2015 | Geosaurini Chiarenza et al. |
| 2016 | Geosaurini Barrientos-Lara et al. |
| 2018 | Geosaurini Foffa et al. |
| 2024 | Geosaurini Young et al. pp. 606-607 |
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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.
Tr. †Geosaurini Cau and Fanti 2011
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Subtr. †Dakosaurina Young et al. 2024
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G. †Dakosaurus Quenstedt 1856
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†Dakosaurus andiniensis Vignaud and Gasparini 1996
†Dakosaurus maximus Plieninger 1846
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Invalid names: Dakosaurus gracilis Quenstedt 1885 [synonym], Dakosaurus lissocephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Megalosaurus schnaitheimii Bunzel 1871 [synonym]
Invalid names: Brachytaenius Merian 1842 [synonym], Plerodon Meyer 1839 [synonym]
Subtr. †Geosaurina Foffa et al. 2018
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G. †Geosaurus Cuvier 1824
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†Geosaurus giganteus Sömmerring 1816
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Invalid names: Brachytaenius perennis Meyer 1842 [synonym], Geosaurus sommerringi Meyer 1831 [synonym], Halilimnosaurus crocodiloides Ritgen 1826 [synonym], Mosasaurus bavaricus Holl 1829 [synonym]
†Geosaurus grandis Wagner 1858
†Geosaurus lapparenti Debelmas and Strannoloubsky 1957
†Geosaurus medius Wagner 1858
Invalid names: Halilimnosaurus Ritgen 1826 [synonym], Ltliminosaurus Romer 1966 [synonym]
Subtr. †Plesiosuchina Young et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available