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Lycorhinus
Taxonomy
Lycorhinus was named by Haughton (1924). Its type is Abrictosaurus consors. It is the type genus of Lycorhinidae. It was considered monophyletic by Sereno (2012).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Charig and Crompton (1974).
It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); to Theriodontia by Haughton (1924); to Ornithischia by Crompton and Charig (1962); to Dromathiriidae by Haughton and Brink (1954) and Ellenberger (1970); to Lycorhinidae by Thulborn (1971); to Hypsilophodontidae by Romer (1966), Thulborn (1970) and Thulborn (1972); to Xiphosauridae by Sereno (1986); to Heterodontosauridae by Galton (1972), Thulborn (1974), Galton (1974), Galton (1974), Santa Luca et al. (1976), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978), Thuborn (1978), Colbert (1981), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Olsen and Galton (1984), Norman (1984), Battail (1986), Carroll (1988), Benton (1990), Weishampel and Witmer (1990), Olshevsky and Ford (1994), Smith (1997), Báez and Marsicano (2001), Norman et al. (2004), Knoll (2005), Butler et al. (2008), Butler et al. (2008), Langer et al. (2010), Norman et al. (2011), Porro et al. (2011), Han et al. (2012) and Madzia et al. (2018); and to Heterodontosaurinae by Sereno (2012) and Dieudonné et al. (2020).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Charig and Crompton (1974).
It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); to Theriodontia by Haughton (1924); to Ornithischia by Crompton and Charig (1962); to Dromathiriidae by Haughton and Brink (1954) and Ellenberger (1970); to Lycorhinidae by Thulborn (1971); to Hypsilophodontidae by Romer (1966), Thulborn (1970) and Thulborn (1972); to Xiphosauridae by Sereno (1986); to Heterodontosauridae by Galton (1972), Thulborn (1974), Galton (1974), Galton (1974), Santa Luca et al. (1976), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978), Thuborn (1978), Colbert (1981), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Olsen and Galton (1984), Norman (1984), Battail (1986), Carroll (1988), Benton (1990), Weishampel and Witmer (1990), Olshevsky and Ford (1994), Smith (1997), Báez and Marsicano (2001), Norman et al. (2004), Knoll (2005), Butler et al. (2008), Butler et al. (2008), Langer et al. (2010), Norman et al. (2011), Porro et al. (2011), Han et al. (2012) and Madzia et al. (2018); and to Heterodontosaurinae by Sereno (2012) and Dieudonné et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Lycorhinus Broom |
| 1924 | Lycorhinus Haughton |
| 1954 | Lycorhinus Haughton and Brink p. 8 |
| 1962 | Lycorhinus Crompton and Charig pp. 1076-1077 |
| 1966 | Lycorhinus Romer p. 370 |
| 1970 | Lycorhinus Ellenberger p. 348 |
| 1970 | Lycorhinus Thulborn p. 244 |
| 1971 | Lycorhinus Thulborn pp. 76-77 fig. 4 |
| 1972 | Lycorhinus Galton p. 466 |
| 1972 | Lycorhinus Thulborn p. 57 |
| 1974 | Lycorhinus Galton p. 150 |
| 1974 | Lycorhinus Thulborn p. 153 |
| 1975 | Lanasaurus Gow p. 336 |
| 1976 | Lanasaurus Santa Luca et al. p. 324 |
| 1976 | Lycorhinus Santa Luca et al. p. 324 |
| 1978 | Lanasaurus Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31 |
| 1978 | Lycorhinus Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31 |
| 1978 | Lanasaurus Thuborn p. 187 |
| 1978 | Lycorhinus Thuborn p. 187 |
| 1981 | Lanasaurus Colbert p. 50 |
| 1981 | Lycorhinus Colbert p. 50 |
| 1983 | Lanasaurus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44 |
| 1983 | Lycorhinus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44 |
| 1984 | Lycorhinus Norman p. 342 |
| 1984 | Lanasaurus Olsen and Galton p. 91 |
| 1984 | Lycorhinus Olsen and Galton p. 91 |
| 1986 | Lanasaurus Battail p. 50 |
| 1986 | Lycorhinus Battail p. 50 |
| 1986 | Lanasaurus Sereno |
| 1986 | Lycorhinus Sereno |
| 1988 | Lanasaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Lycorhinus Carroll |
| 1990 | Lycorhinus Benton p. 25 |
| 1990 | Lanasaurus Weishampel and Witmer p. 487 |
| 1990 | Lycorhinus Weishampel and Witmer p. 487 |
| 1994 | Lycorhinus Olshevsky and Ford p. 91 |
| 1997 | Lycorhinus Smith p. 317 |
| 2001 | Lycorhinus Báez and Marsicano p. 275 |
| 2004 | Lycorhinus Norman et al. p. 394 |
| 2005 | Lycorhinus Knoll p. 85 |
| 2008 | Lycorhinus Butler et al. p. 708 |
| 2008 | Lycorhinus Butler et al. p. 18 |
| 2010 | Lycorhinus Langer et al. p. 86 fig. 15 |
| 2011 | Lycorhinus Norman et al. p. 233 |
| 2011 | Lanasaurus Norman et al. p. 239 |
| 2011 | Lycorhinus Porro et al. p. 357 |
| 2012 | Lycorhinus Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14 |
| 2012 | Lycorhinus Sereno p. 133 |
| 2018 | Lycorhinus Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4 |
| 2020 | Lycorhinus Dieudonné 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. †Lycorhinus Haughton 1924
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†Lycorhinus parvidens Broom
Invalid names: Lanasaurus Gow 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.30000 to 182.70000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hettangian - Sinemurian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | L. angustidens (36669 69696) L. angustifrons (137299) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | South Africa (Free State) | Lanasaurus scalpridens (48828) | |
| Pliensbachian | Lesotho (Mafeteng) | L. sp. (137297) |