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Gnathosaurus
Taxonomy
Gnathosaurus was named by Meyer (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 620]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Saurii by Meyer (1845); to Crocodilidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Gnathosaurinae by Unwin (2002) and Unwin (2003); to Ctenochasmatidae by Carroll (1988), Howse and Milner (1995) and Andres and Ji (2008); and to Lophocratia by Andres et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Saurii by Meyer (1845); to Crocodilidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Gnathosaurinae by Unwin (2002) and Unwin (2003); to Ctenochasmatidae by Carroll (1988), Howse and Milner (1995) and Andres and Ji (2008); and to Lophocratia by Andres et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1833 | Gnathosaurus Meyer |
| 1845 | Gnathosaurus Meyer p. 283 |
| 1849 | Gnathosaurus d'Orbigny p. 206 |
| 1988 | Gnathosaurus Carroll |
| 1995 | Gnathosaurus Howse and Milner |
| 2002 | Gnathosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Gnathosaurus Unwin |
| 2003 | Gnathosaurus Unwin p. 145 |
| 2008 | Gnathosaurus Andres and Ji |
| 2014 | Gnathosaurus Andres et al. |
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G. †Gnathosaurus Meyer 1833
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†Gnathosaurus macrurus Seeley 1869
†Gnathosaurus subulatus Meyer 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available