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Zanclodon
Taxonomy
Zanclodon was named by Plieninger (1846). Its type is Smilodon laevis.
It was synonymized subjectively with Plateosaurus by Marsh (1895) and Marsh (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Teratosaurus by Romer (1956) and Parsch (1963); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen vanum by Welles (1984); it was considered a nomen dubium by Naish and Martill (2007).
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Quenstedt (1867); to Theropoda by Quenstedt (1882); to Theropoda by Gadow (1897); to Theropoda by Gadow (1898) and Gadow (1901); to Anchisauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Plateosauridae by von Zittel (1911) and Tornier (1913); to Carnosauria by Huene (1923); to Prosauropoda by Kuhn (1939); to Megalosaurinidae by Lydekker (1888), Blanckenhorn (1898) and Delair (1960); to Zanclodontidae by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Zittel (1890), Fraas (1900), Huene (1902), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Lull (1924), Kuhn (1966) and Kuhn (1971); to Teratosauridae by Nopcsa (1928) and Battail (1986); to Archosauria by Galton (2001); and to Archosauriformes by Schoch (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Plateosaurus by Marsh (1895) and Marsh (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Teratosaurus by Romer (1956) and Parsch (1963); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen vanum by Welles (1984); it was considered a nomen dubium by Naish and Martill (2007).
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Quenstedt (1867); to Theropoda by Quenstedt (1882); to Theropoda by Gadow (1897); to Theropoda by Gadow (1898) and Gadow (1901); to Anchisauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Plateosauridae by von Zittel (1911) and Tornier (1913); to Carnosauria by Huene (1923); to Prosauropoda by Kuhn (1939); to Megalosaurinidae by Lydekker (1888), Blanckenhorn (1898) and Delair (1960); to Zanclodontidae by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Zittel (1890), Fraas (1900), Huene (1902), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Lull (1924), Kuhn (1966) and Kuhn (1971); to Teratosauridae by Nopcsa (1928) and Battail (1986); to Archosauria by Galton (2001); and to Archosauriformes by Schoch (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Smilodon Plieninger p. 152 |
| 1846 | Zanclodon Plieninger pp. 247-248 |
| 1867 | Zanclodon Quenstedt p. 140 |
| 1882 | Zanclodon Marsh |
| 1882 | Zanclodon Quenstedt p. 189 |
| 1882 | Zanclodon Sauvage p. 35 |
| 1884 | Zanclodon Dollo p. 298 |
| 1884 | Zanclodon Marsh p. 69 |
| 1884 | Zanclodon Vetter p. 363 |
| 1885 | Zanclodon Marsh p. 765 |
| 1888 | Zanclodon Lydekker p. 171 |
| 1890 | Zanclodon Zittel p. 719 |
| 1892 | Zanclodon quenstedti Seeley p. 189 |
| 1894 | Teratosaurus quenstedti Seeley p. 322 |
| 1895 | Zanclodon quenstedti Seeley p. 146 |
| 1897 | Zanclodon Gadow p. 204 |
| 1898 | Zanclodon Blanckenhorn p. 71 |
| 1898 | Zanclodon Gadow p. 22 |
| 1900 | Zanclodon Fraas p. 512 |
| 1901 | Zanclodon Gadow p. 421 |
| 1901 | Zanclodon Nopcsa p. 198 |
| 1901 | Zanclodon quenstedti Nopcsa p. 198 |
| 1902 | Zanclodon Huene |
| 1908 | Zanclodon Huene p. 265 |
| 1909 | Zanclodon Huene p. 13 |
| 1911 | Zanclodon von Zittel p. 279 |
| 1913 | Zanclodon Tornier p. 368 |
| 1914 | Zanclodon Huene p. 14 |
| 1923 | Zanclodon Huene p. 456 fig. 3 |
| 1924 | Zanclodon Lull p. 229 |
| 1928 | Zanclodon Nopcsa p. 183 |
| 1939 | Zanclodon Kuhn p. 62 |
| 1960 | Zanclodon Delair p. 76 |
| 1966 | Zanclodon Kuhn p. 43 |
| 1971 | Zanclodon Kuhn p. 11 |
| 1986 | Zanclodon Battail p. 48 |
| 2001 | Zanclodon Galton p. 464 |
| 2011 | Zanclodon Schoch |
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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. †Zanclodon Plieninger 1846
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†Zanclodon arenaceus Fraas 1896
†Zanclodon crenatus Plieninger 1846
†Zanclodon laevis Plieninger 1846
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Invalid names: Plateosaurus plieningeri Fraas 1896 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Smilodon Plieninger 1846 [replaced], Zanclodon quenstedti Seeley 1892 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available