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Rhynchosauroides
Taxonomy
Rhynchosauroides was named by Maidwell (1911) [named in Maidwell, 1911]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Rhynchosauroides rectipes.
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Kuhn (1963), Kuhn (1971); to Rhynchosauroidea by Demathieu and Haubold (1972); to Sphenodontidae by Smith and Klinger (1995); to Rhynchosauroidae by Haubold (1974), Ptaszynski (2000), Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki (2004); to Lepidosauria by Olsen (1995), Gand and Demathieu (2005); and to Sphenodonti by Hunt and Lucas (2007).
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Kuhn (1963), Kuhn (1971); to Rhynchosauroidea by Demathieu and Haubold (1972); to Sphenodontidae by Smith and Klinger (1995); to Rhynchosauroidae by Haubold (1974), Ptaszynski (2000), Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki (2004); to Lepidosauria by Olsen (1995), Gand and Demathieu (2005); and to Sphenodonti by Hunt and Lucas (2007).
Species
Akropus schochardti, Rhynchocephalichnus etruscus, Rhynchocephalichnus franconicus, Rhynchocephalichnus pisanus, R. articeps, R. beasleyi (syn. R. maidwelli), R. bornemanni, R. brevidigitatus, R. gangresci, R. hyperbates, R. kuletae, R. majus, R. maximus, R. minutipes, R. pallinii (syn. R. schochardti, R. moenkopiensis, Phalangichnus perwangeri, Ganasauripus ladinus, R. palmatus, Eurichnus jenseni), R. petri, R. pusillus, R. rdzaneki, R. rectipes (syn. R. membranipes) (type species), R. retroversipes, R. santanderensis, R. sphaerodactylus, R. tirolicus, R. triangulus, R. virgiliae
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Rhynchosauroides Maidwell |
| 1939 | Akropus Lilienstern p. 298 |
| 1941 | Rhynchocephalichnus Huene p. 14 |
| 1942 | Eurichnus Lull p. 502 |
| 1948 | Akropus Peabody p. 319 |
| 1952 | Akropus Lang and Huene p. 11 |
| 1958 | Akropus Kuhn p. 20 |
| 1963 | Rhynchosauroides Kuhn pp. 60-61 |
| 1971 | Rhynchosauroides Kuhn p. 23 |
| 1972 | Rhynchosauroides Demathieu and Haubold p. 804 |
| 1974 | Rhynchosauroides Haubold p. 36 |
| 1980 | Rhynchocephalichnus Tongiorgi p. 81 |
| 1995 | Rhynchosauroides Olsen p. 175 |
| 1995 | Rhynchosauroides Smith and Klinger p. 54A |
| 2000 | Rhynchosauroides Ptaszynski p. 179 |
| 2004 | Rhynchosauroides Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki |
| 2005 | Rhynchosauroides Gand and Demathieu p. 726 |
| 2007 | Rhynchosauroides Hunt and Lucas p. 216 |
| 2007 | Ganasauripus Valentini 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. †Rhynchosauroides Maidwell 1911
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†Rhynchosauroides articeps Owen 1842
†Rhynchosauroides beasleyi Nopcsa 1923
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Invalid names: Rhynchosauroides maidwelli Nopcsa 1923 [synonym]
†Rhynchosauroides bornemanni Haubold 1966
†Rhynchosauroides brevidigitatus Ptaszynski 1990
†Rhynchosauroides gangresci da Silva et al. 2012
†Rhynchosauroides hyperbates Baird 1957
†Rhynchosauroides kuletae Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki 2004
†Rhynchosauroides majus Demathieu 1967
†Rhynchosauroides maximus Gand 1974
†Rhynchosauroides minutipes Maidwell 1914
†Rhynchosauroides pallinii Conti et al. 1977
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Invalid names: Ganasauripus ladinus Valentini et al. 2007 [synonym], Phalangichnus perwangeri Conti et al. 1977 [synonym], Rhynchosauroides palmatus Lull 1942 [synonym], Rhynchosauroides schochardti von Lilienstern 1939 [synonym]
†Rhynchosauroides petri Demathieu 1966
†Rhynchosauroides pusillus Haubold 1966
†Rhynchosauroides rdzaneki Ptaszynski 2000
†Rhynchosauroides rectipes Beasley 1911
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Invalid names: Rhynchosauroides membranipes Maidwell 1911 [synonym]
†Rhynchosauroides retroversipes da Silva et al. 2008
†Rhynchosauroides santanderensis Demathieu and Saiz de Omeñaca 1977
†Rhynchosauroides sphaerodactylus Demathieu 1971
†Rhynchosauroides tirolicus Abel 1926
†Rhynchosauroides triangulus Gand 1977
†Rhynchosauroides virgiliae Demathieu et al. 1978
Invalid names: Akropus Lilienstern 1939 [synonym], Eurichnus Lull 1942 [synonym], Ganasauripus Valentini et al. 2007 [synonym], Rhynchocephalichnus Huene 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Turonian or 259.51000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (107 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lopingian | Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) | R. pallinii, Ganasauripus ladinus, Eumekichnium gampsodactylum, Ornithoidipus perwangeri (188750) | |
| Lopingian | Brazil (Paraná) | R. gangresci (197299) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Olenekian | Argentina (Río Negro) | R. sp. (53684) | |
| Induan | South Africa (Free State) | R. sp. (144333) | |
| Induan | South Africa | R. sp. (224583) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) | R. sp. (199897 199898 199900) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | United Kingdom (England) | R. beasleyi (164930) R. pisanus (184047) R. sp. (184048 197338) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | R. kuletae (197230 197231) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic | United Kingdom (England) | R. rectipes (197340) | |
| Triassic | United Kingdom (England) | R. sp. (197335) | |
| Smithian | USA (Utah) | R. sp. (135440) | |
| Olenekian | Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) | R. sp. (149976) | |
| Smithian - Spathian | USA (Utah) | R. sp. (222906) | |
| Olenekian - Anisian | United Kingdom (Staffordshire) | R. sp. (197356) | |
| Olenekian - Anisian | Germany (Thuringia) | Akropus langi, Akropus schochardti (182300) | |
| Spathian | Poland (Swietoryzskie) | R. rdzaneki, R. brevidigitatus (118063) | |
| Spathian | USA (Wyoming) | Collettosaurus palmatus, Eurichnus jenseni (135638) R. sp. (135634 135635 135636 135637) | |
| Spathian | USA (Arizona) | Lacertoides indet. (135412) | |
| Aegean | Spain (Castellón) | R. sp. (199857) | |
| Aegean | France (Moselle) | R. petri (206499) | |
| Aegean - Bithynian | USA (Utah) | R. schochardti (135411) | |
| Aegean - Bithynian | USA (Arizona) | Rhynchocephalia indet., Akropus sp. (114097) R. sp. (95093) | |
| Anisian | France (Languedoc-Rousillon) | R. sp. (199936) | |
| Anisian | Spain (Aragon) | R. sp. (199856) | |
| Anisian | United Kingdom (Wirral) | R. sp., R. membranipes (197349) | |
| Anisian | Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) | R. sp. (194584) | |
| Anisian | United Kingdom (England) | R. rectipes (197296) R. sp. (197350) R. sp., Rhynchosaurus articeps (80838) | |
| Anisian | Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) | R. sp. (199858 199901 199904 199905) | |
| Anisian | Netherlands (Gelderland) | R. sp. (96875) | |
| Anisian | Poland (Swietoryzskie) | R. schochardti, R. bornemanni (175801) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | France (Saône-et-Loire) | R. sp. (36226) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) | R. petri (192151 199934 201283) R. sp. (201284) R. sp., R. petri, R. majus, R. sphaerodactylus (31310) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) | R. petri (68222 68226) R. petri, R. virgiliae (28462) R. sp. (68223 68906) R. sp., R. petri (24834) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | France (Rhône-Alpes) | R. petri (199929) | |
| Middle Triassic | France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) | R. maximus (28092) R. petri (201286) | |
| Illyrian | Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) | R. sp. (196816) | |
| Illyrian | Italy | R. tirolicus (154341) | |
| Carnian | Italy (Toscana) | Rhynchocephalichnus etruscus, Ichnites pisanus (68779) | |
| Carnian | Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) | R. sp. (34701 195710 205518 230184) | |
| Carnian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | R. sp. (55416) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | R. brunswicki (187199) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | United Kingdom (England) | R. rectipes, R. articeps, R. minutipes, R. membranipes, Rhynchosaurus sp. (174686) | |
| Tuvalian | United Kingdom (England) | R. sp. (197334) | |
| Norian | Germany | Rhynchocephalichnus franconicus (170320) | |
| Norian | USA (New Mexico) | R. sp. (46560 46563 52168 83959 84021) | |
| Norian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | R. sp. (138975) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | R. sp. (62286 84186 84187) | |
| Norian | USA (New York) | R. hyperbates (57917) | |
| Norian | USA (New Jersey) | R. sp. (227831) R. sp., R. hyperbates (46622) | |
| Norian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Reptilia indet. (54144) R. hyperbates (55415) R. sp. (55413 84111 84112 84113 84114 84115 84117) R. sp., R. hyperbates (84116) | |
| Norian | USA (Colorado) | R. sp. (55259 193013) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | USA (Utah) | R. sp. (184678 193015) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | USA (Colorado) | R. sp. (179080) | |
| Rhaetian | USA (Pennsylvania) | R. sp. (62766 62768 132244) | |
| Rhaetian | USA (Utah) | R. sp. (57063 57064) | |
| Turonian | Egypt (Aswan) | R. sp. (138678 138679) |