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Lystrosaurus

Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Lystrosaurus Cope
1890Ptychosiagum Lydekker
1903Lystrosaurus Broom
1908Dicynodon seeleyi Broili
1913Dicynodon strigops Broom
1913Lystrosaurus Broom
1917Prolystrosaurus Haughton
1917Prolystrosaurus strigops Haughton
1939Lystrosaurus weidenreichi Young p. 127 figs. 1-9
1940Lystrosaurus Efremov p. 131
1965Lystrosaurus Cox
1965Prolystrosaurus Cox
1973Lystrosaurus Sun p. 65
1988Lystrosaurus King
1997Lystrosaurus King and Jenkins p. 150
2000Lystrosaurus Battail and Surkov
2002Lystrosaurus Maisch
2005Lystrosaurus Surkov et al.
2008Lystrosaurus Ivakhnenko
2008Lystrosaurus Li and Sun p. 389
2008Lystrosaurus weidenreichi Li and Sun p. 392
2009Lystrosaurus Kammerer and Angielczyk
2011Lystrosaurus Kammerer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
familyLystrosauridae
genusLystrosaurusCope 1870

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. †Lystrosaurus Cope 1870
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Lystrosaurus broomi Young 1939
Lystrosaurus curvatus Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Lystrosaurus andersoni Broom [synonym], Lystrosaurus jorisseni Van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Lystrosaurus oviceps Haughton 1915 [synonym], Lystrosaurus platyceps Seeley 1898 [synonym], Lystrosaurus theileri Van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Lystrosaurus wageri Van Hoepen 1916 [synonym]
Lystrosaurus declivis Brink 1951
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Invalid names: Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) latirostris Owen 1860 [synonym], Lystrosaurus primitivus Toerien 1954 [synonym], Lystrosaurus wagneri Van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Ptychognathus alfredi Owen 1862 [synonym], Ptychognathus declivis Owen 1860 [objective synonym], Ptychognathus depressus Owen 1876 [synonym], Ptychosiagum declivis Lydekker 1890 [objective synonym]
Lystrosaurus georgi Kalandadze 1975
Lystrosaurus hedini Young 1935
Lystrosaurus maccaigi Seeley 1898
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Invalid names: Lystrosaurus amphibius Brink 1951 [synonym], Lystrosaurus putterilli Van Hoepen 1915 [synonym]
Lystrosaurus murrayi Huxley 1859
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Invalid names: Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) verticalis Owen 1860 [synonym], Dicynodon copei Seeley 1889 [synonym], Dicynodon orientalis Huxley 1865 [synonym], Lystrosaurus bothai Broom 1941 [synonym], Lystrosaurus breyeri Van Hoepen 1915 [synonym], Lystrosaurus frontosus Cope 1870 [synonym], Lystrosaurus jeppei Van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Lystrosaurus rajurkari Tripathi and Satsangi 1963 [synonym], Lystrosaurus rubidgei Broom 1940 [synonym], Prolystrosaurus natalensis Haughton 1917 [synonym], Ptychognathus boopis Owen 1876 [synonym], Ptychosiagum murrayi Lydekker 1890 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Lystrosaurus latifrons Sun 1973 [synonym]
Lystrosaurus youngi Sun 1964
Invalid names: Dicynodon seeleyi Broili 1908 [nomen dubium], Lystrosaurus weidenreichi Young 1939 [nomen dubium], Prolystrosaurus Haughton 1917 [synonym], Prolystrosaurus strigops Broom 1913 [nomen dubium], Ptychosiagum Lydekker 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M.W. Maisch 2002No ectopterygoid