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Allognathosuchus
Taxonomy
Allognathosuchus was named by Mook (1921). Its type is Diplocynodus polyodon. It is the type genus of Allognathosuchidae.
It was assigned to Crocodilia by Mook (1921); to Allognathosuchidae by Case (1925); to Crocodilidae by Simpson (1930); to Crocodylidae by Hay (1930); to Alligatoridae by Gilmore (1946), Bjork (1967), Carroll (1988); to Alligatorinae by Wu et al. (1996), Brochu (1999), Jouve et al. (2008), Martin and Lauprasert (2010), Pinheiro et al. (2013); to Globidonta by Farke et al. (2014); and to Alligatorinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Crocodilia by Mook (1921); to Allognathosuchidae by Case (1925); to Crocodilidae by Simpson (1930); to Crocodylidae by Hay (1930); to Alligatoridae by Gilmore (1946), Bjork (1967), Carroll (1988); to Alligatorinae by Wu et al. (1996), Brochu (1999), Jouve et al. (2008), Martin and Lauprasert (2010), Pinheiro et al. (2013); to Globidonta by Farke et al. (2014); and to Alligatorinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1921 | Allognathosuchus Mook pp. 108-109 |
| 1925 | Allognathosuchus Case p. 97 |
| 1930 | Allognathosuchus Hay p. 155 |
| 1930 | Allognathosuchus Simpson p. 13 |
| 1946 | Allognathosuchus Gilmore p. 67 |
| 1967 | Allognathosuchus Bjork p. 230 |
| 1988 | Allognathosuchus Carroll |
| 1996 | Allognathosuchus Wu et al. |
| 1999 | Allognathosuchus Brochu |
| 2008 | Allognathosuchus Jouve et al. |
| 2010 | Allognathosuchus Martin and Lauprasert |
| 2013 | Allognathosuchus Pinheiro et al. |
| 2014 | Allognathosuchus Farke et al. |
| 2021 | Allognathosuchus Rio and Mannion |
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G. †Allognathosuchus Mook 1921
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†Allognathosuchus heterodon Cope 1873
†Allognathosuchus polyodon Cope 1873
†Allognathosuchus wartheni Case 1925
†Allognathosuchus woutersi Buffetaut 1985
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. C. Mook 1921 | Dental series short in comparison with post-dental portion of jaw; prominent elevation or process on dentary bone; abrupt elevation from dental border to surangular border; teeth arranged in definite groups, sharply set off from each other in size; all teeth close together. |