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Erythrosuchus
Taxonomy
Erythrosuchus was named by Broom (1905). Its type is Erythrosuchus africanus. It is the type genus of Erythrosuchidae. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).
It was assigned to Phytosauria by Broom (1905) and Broom (1906); to Pelycosimia by Huene (1911); to Archosauriformes by Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Erythrosuchidae by Watson (1917), Charig (1967), Charig and Reig (1970), Cruickshank (1972), Charig and Sues (1976), Cruickshank (1978), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988), Benton (1990), Parrish (1993), Nesbitt (2011) and Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Phytosauria by Broom (1905) and Broom (1906); to Pelycosimia by Huene (1911); to Archosauriformes by Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Erythrosuchidae by Watson (1917), Charig (1967), Charig and Reig (1970), Cruickshank (1972), Charig and Sues (1976), Cruickshank (1978), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988), Benton (1990), Parrish (1993), Nesbitt (2011) and Ezcurra (2016).
Species
E. africanus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Erythrosuchus Broom p. 336 |
| 1906 | Erythrosuchus Broom p. 187 |
| 1911 | Erythrosuchus Huene p. 47 |
| 1917 | Erythrosuchus Watson p. 179 |
| 1967 | Erythrosuchus Charig p. 708 |
| 1970 | Erythrosuchus Charig and Reig p. 165 |
| 1972 | Erythrosuchus Cruickshank p. 116 |
| 1976 | Erythrosuchus Charig and Sues p. 28 |
| 1978 | Erythrosuchus Cruickshank |
| 1985 | Erythrosuchus Benton p. 154 |
| 1988 | Erythrosuchus Carroll |
| 1989 | Erythrosuchus Gauthier et al. p. 345 |
| 1990 | Erythrosuchus Benton p. 15 |
| 1993 | Erythrosuchus Parrish p. 288 |
| 2011 | Erythrosuchus Nesbitt p. 191 fig. 51 |
| 2016 | Erythrosuchus Ezcurra |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available