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Theriognathus

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae

Taxonomy

Theriognathus was named by Owen (1876). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Brink (1954), Carroll (1988), Huttenlocker and Abdala (2015), Huttenlocker and Smith (2017).

Species

T. microps (syn. Whaitsia platyceps, Notosollasia longiceps, Moschorhynchus brachyrhinus, Notosollasia boonstrai, Moschorhynchus latirostris, Moschorhynchus gracilis, Notosollasia laticeps, Notosollasia luckhoffi, Aneugomphius ictidoceps, Whaitsia pricei, Notaelurops paucidens, Alopecopsis atavus, Hyenosaurus platyceps, Whaitsia major)

Synonyms

Moschorhynchus was named by Broom (1936).

It was synonymized subjectively with Whaitsia by Kitching (1977).

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Brink (1954).
Whaitsia was named by Haughton (1918). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Theriognathus by Mendrez (1974).

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Brink (1954).
Notosollasia was named by Broom (1925).

It was synonymized subjectively with Whaitsia by Kitching (1977).

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Brink (1954).
Alopecopsis was named by Broom (1920).

It was synonymized subjectively with Theriognathus by Mendrez (1974).

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Brink (1954).
Notaelurops was named by Broom (1936).

It was synonymized subjectively with Whaitsia by Kitching (1977).

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Brink (1954).
Aneugomphius was named by Broom and Robinson (1949).

It was synonymized subjectively with Whaitsia by Kitching (1977).

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Brink (1954).
Hyenosaurus was named by Broom (1935).

It was synonymized subjectively with Theriognathus by Mendrez (1974).

It was assigned to Whaitsiidae by Brink (1954).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1876	Theriognathus Owen
1918	Whaitsia Haughton
1920	Alopecopsis Broom p. 56
1925	Notosollasia Broom
1935	Hyenosaurus Broom
1936	Moschorhynchus Broom
1936	Notaelurops Broom
1949	Aneugomphius Broom and Robinson
1954	Alopecopsis Brink
1954	Aneugomphius Brink
1954	Hyenosaurus Brink
1954	Moschorhynchus Brink
1954	Notaelurops Brink
1954	Notosollasia Brink
1954	Theriognathus Brink
1954	Whaitsia Brink
1988	Theriognathus Carroll
2015	Theriognathus Huttenlocker and Abdala
2017	Theriognathus Huttenlocker and Smith

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
order	Therocephalia
—	Eutherocephalia	Hopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamily	Whaitsioidea	Haughton 1918
family	Whaitsiidae	Haughton 1918
genus	Theriognathus	Owen 1876

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. †Theriognathus Owen 1876

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†Theriognathus microps Owen 1876

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Invalid names: Alopecopsis atavus Broom 1920 [synonym], Hyenosaurus platyceps Broom 1935 [synonym], Whaitsia major Broom 1931 [synonym], Whaitsia platyceps Haughton 1918 [synonym]

Invalid names: Alopecopsis Broom 1920 [synonym], Hyenosaurus Broom 1935 [synonym], Whaitsia Haughton 1918 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available