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Macrocnemus
Taxonomy
Macrochemus was named by Nopcsa (1930). Its type is Macrocnemus bassanii. It is the type genus of Macrocnemidae.
It was corrected as Macrocnemus by Kuhn (1966), Kuhn (1971), Chatterjee (1980), Benton (1985), Chatterjee (1986), Carroll (1988), Senter (2004), Li et al. (2007), Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Macrocnemidae by Kuhn (1966), Kuhn (1971); to Protorosauridae by Chatterjee (1986); to Prolacertidae by Chatterjee (1980), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988), Li et al. (2007); and to Tanystropheidae by Senter (2004), Ezcurra (2016).
It was corrected as Macrocnemus by Kuhn (1966), Kuhn (1971), Chatterjee (1980), Benton (1985), Chatterjee (1986), Carroll (1988), Senter (2004), Li et al. (2007), Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Macrocnemidae by Kuhn (1966), Kuhn (1971); to Protorosauridae by Chatterjee (1986); to Prolacertidae by Chatterjee (1980), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988), Li et al. (2007); and to Tanystropheidae by Senter (2004), Ezcurra (2016).
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