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Dinocephalosaurus
Taxonomy
Dinocephalosaurus was named by Li (2003). Its type is Dinocephalosaurus orientalis. It was considered monophyletic by Li (2003).
It was assigned to Protorosauria by Li et al. (2004), Rieppel et al. (2010); and to Tanystropheidae by Li (2003), Sennikov (2011).
It was assigned to Protorosauria by Li et al. (2004), Rieppel et al. (2010); and to Tanystropheidae by Li (2003), Sennikov (2011).
Species
D. orientalis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Dinocephalosaurus Li p. 419 figs. Fig. 1, Plate 1 |
| 2004 | Dinocephalosaurus Li et al. p. 1931 |
| 2010 | Dinocephalosaurus Rieppel et al. p. 96 |
| 2011 | Dinocephalosaurus Sennikov |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Renesto 2005, Kiessling 2004 | |||||