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Machaeroprosopus tenuis

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Machaeroprosopus tenuis was named by Camp (1930). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Dry Creek Tank SE (UCMP V82040, PFV 55), which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Rutiodon tenuis by Gregory (1962); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudopalatus pristinus by Ballew (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Machaeroprosopus tenuis Camp
1962Rutiodon tenuis Gregory p. 20
2013Machaeroprosopus tenuis Parker et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
—Mystriosuchini(Huene 1915)
genusMachaeroprosopus
speciestenuisCamp 1930

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available