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Mycterosaurus
Taxonomy
Mycterosaurus was named by Williston (1915). It is not extant. Its type is Mycterosaurus longiceps. It is the type genus of Mycterosaurinae.
It was assigned to Glaucosauridae by Hay (1930); to Pelycosauria by Romer (1936); to Nitosauridae by Romer and Price (1940), Lewis and Vaughn (1965); to Varanopseidae by Reisz (1986), Carroll (1988); to Mycterosaurinae by Modesto et al. (2001), Maddin et al. (2006); and to Varanodontinae by Spindler et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Glaucosauridae by Hay (1930); to Pelycosauria by Romer (1936); to Nitosauridae by Romer and Price (1940), Lewis and Vaughn (1965); to Varanopseidae by Reisz (1986), Carroll (1988); to Mycterosaurinae by Modesto et al. (2001), Maddin et al. (2006); and to Varanodontinae by Spindler et al. (2018).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Mycterosaurus Williston p. 554 |
| 1930 | Eumatthevia Broom p. 1 |
| 1930 | Mycterosaurus Hay p. 45 |
| 1936 | Mycterosaurus Romer pp. 91-92 |
| 1940 | Mycterosaurus Romer and Price pp. 19, 408 |
| 1958 | Basicranodon Vaughn |
| 1965 | Mycterosaurus Lewis and Vaughn p. C34 |
| 1986 | Mycterosaurus Reisz p. 65 |
| 1986 | Basicranodon Reisz p. 66 |
| 1988 | Basicranodon Carroll |
| 1988 | Mycterosaurus Carroll |
| 2001 | Mycterosaurus Modesto et al. p. 256 fig. 7 |
| 2006 | Mycterosaurus Maddin et al. p. 964 |
| 2018 | Mycterosaurus Spindler 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.
G. †Mycterosaurus Williston 1915
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†Mycterosaurus longiceps Williston 1915
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Invalid names: Basicranodon fortsillensis Vaughn 1958 [synonym], Eumatthevia bolli Broom 1930 [synonym]
Invalid names: Basicranodon Vaughn 1958 [synonym], Eumatthevia Broom 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available