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Rhynchosaurus
Taxonomy
Rhynchosaurus was named by Owen (1842). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Rhynchosauridae.
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Owen (1842); to Saurii by Meyer (1845); to Lacertinidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Cryptodontia by Owen (1859); to Cryptodontia by Owen (1861); to Rhynchosaurinae by Benton (1985); to Rhynchosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Carroll (1988) and Mukherjee and Ray (2015); and to Rhynchosauridae by Ezcurra et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Owen (1842); to Saurii by Meyer (1845); to Lacertinidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Cryptodontia by Owen (1859); to Cryptodontia by Owen (1861); to Rhynchosaurinae by Benton (1985); to Rhynchosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Carroll (1988) and Mukherjee and Ray (2015); and to Rhynchosauridae by Ezcurra et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Rhynchosaurus Owen |
| 1845 | Rhynchosaurus Meyer p. 282 |
| 1849 | Rhynchosaurus d'Orbigny p. 209 |
| 1859 | Rhynchosaurus Owen p. 141 |
| 1861 | Rhynchosaurus Owen p. 263 |
| 1871 | Rhynchosaurus Cope p. 235 |
| 1875 | Rhynchosaurus Cope p. 15 |
| 1985 | Rhynchosaurus Benton p. 154 |
| 1988 | Rhynchosaurus Carroll |
| 2015 | Rhynchosaurus Mukherjee and Ray |
| 2016 | Rhynchosaurus Ezcurra 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. †Rhynchosaurus Owen 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available