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Desmatosuchia

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Desmatosuchia was named by Case (1920).

It was synonymized subjectively with Desmatosuchiformes by Hay (1930).

It was assigned to Phytosauria by Case (1920); to Reptilia by Case (1922); and to Stagonolepididae by Parker (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Desmatosuchia Case p. 529
1922Desmatosuchia Case p. 48
2016Desmatosuchia Parker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
suborderDesmatosuchia
suborderDesmatosuchia

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.

Subor. †Desmatosuchia Case 1920
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Subfm. †Desmatosuchinae Huene 1942
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G. †Acaenasuchus Long and Murry 1995
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†Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry 1995
G. †Adamanasuchus Lucas et al. 2007
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†Adamanasuchus eisenhardtae Lucas et al. 2007
G. †Calyptosuchus Long and Ballew 1985
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†Calyptosuchus wellesi Long and Ballew 1985
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Invalid names: Acompsosaurus wingatensis Mehl 1915 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acompsosaurus Mehl 1915 [synonym]
Unr. †Desmatosuchini Parker 2016
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G. †Desmatosuchus Case 1920
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†Desmatosuchus smalli Parker 2005
G. †Gorgetosuchus Heckert et al. 2015
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†Gorgetosuchus pekinensis Heckert et al. 2015
G. †Longosuchus Hunt and Lucas 1990
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†Longosuchus meadei Sawin 1947
G. †Lucasuchus Long and Murry 1995
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†Lucasuchus hunti Long and Murry 1995
G. †Sierritasuchus Parker et al. 2008
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†Sierritasuchus macalpini Parker et al. 2008
G. †Neoaetosauroides Bonaparte 1969
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†Neoaetosauroides engaeus Bonaparte 1969
G. †Scutarx Parker 2016
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†Scutarx deltatylus Parker 2016
Subfm. †Stagonolepininae Heckert and Lucas 2000
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G. †Polesinesuchus Roberto-da-Silva et al. 2014
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†Polesinesuchus aurelioi Roberto-da-Silva et al. 2014
G. †Stagonolepis Agassiz 1844
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†Stagonolepis olenkae Sulej 2010
†Stagonolepis robertsoni Agassiz 1844
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Invalid names: Ebrachosaurus singularis Kuhn 1936 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ebrachosaurus Kuhn 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available