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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 Anchisauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Theropoda by Gadow (1898) and Gadow (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 Anchisauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Theropoda by Gadow (1898) and Gadow (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).