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Rhynchosauridae
Taxonomy
Rhynchosauridae was named by Cope (1871). Its type is Rhynchosaurus.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Rhynchosauridae by Long and Murry (1995) and Ezcurra et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Boulenger (1893); to Rhynchosauri by Jaekel (1910); to Rhynchosauria by Kuhn (1946) and Kuhn (1966); to Rhynchocephalia by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Zittel (1890), Haughton and Brink (1954) and Olson (1966); to Rhynchosauroidea by Benton (1985) and Long and Murry (1995); to Rhynchosauria by Carroll (1988) and Mukherjee and Ray (2015); and to Rhynchosauria by Ezcurra et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Rhynchosauridae by Long and Murry (1995) and Ezcurra et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Boulenger (1893); to Rhynchosauri by Jaekel (1910); to Rhynchosauria by Kuhn (1946) and Kuhn (1966); to Rhynchocephalia by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Zittel (1890), Haughton and Brink (1954) and Olson (1966); to Rhynchosauroidea by Benton (1985) and Long and Murry (1995); to Rhynchosauria by Carroll (1988) and Mukherjee and Ray (2015); and to Rhynchosauria by Ezcurra et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Bentonyx, Fodonyx, Hyperodapedontinae, Langeronyx, Rhynchosaurinae, Rhynchosaurus (type genus), Stenaulorhynchinae
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1871 | Rhynchosauridae Cope p. 235 |
1875 | Rhynchosauridae Cope p. 15 |
1890 | Rhynchosauridae Zittel p. 591 |
1893 | Rhynchosauridae Boulenger p. 210 |
1910 | Rhynchosauridae Jaekel p. 333 |
1946 | Rhynchosauridae Kuhn p. 62 |
1948 | Scaphonychidae Huene |
1954 | Rhyncosauridae Haughton and Brink p. 4 |
1966 | Rhynchosauridae Kuhn p. 38 |
1966 | Rhynchosaurida Olson p. 301 |
1985 | Rhynchosauridae Benton p. 154 |
1988 | Rhynchosauridae Carroll |
1995 | Rhynchosauridae Long and Murry |
2015 | Rhynchosauridae Mukherjee and Ray |
2016 | Rhynchosauridae Ezcurra 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.
Unr. †Rhynchosauridae Cope 1871
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Unr. †Hyperodapedontinae Chatterjee 1969
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G. †Hyperodapedon Huxley 1859
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†Hyperodapedon huenei Langer and Schultz 2000
†Hyperodapedon mariensis Tupi-Caldas 1933
†Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis Sill 1970
†Hyperodapedon stockleyi Boonstra 1953
†Hyperodapedon tikiensis Mukherjee and Ray 2015
Invalid names: Cephalonia Huene 1940 [synonym], Cephalonia lotziana Huene 1942 [nomen dubium], Macrocephalosaurus Tupi-Caldas 1933 [synonym], Paradapedon Huene 1938 [synonym], Scaphonyx Woodward 1907 [nomen dubium], Scaphonyx australis Huene 1926 [nomen dubium], Scaphonyx fischeri Woodward 1907 [nomen dubium], Stenometopon Boulenger 1903 [synonym], Supradapedon Chatterjee 1980 [synonym]
Invalid names: Scaphonyx africanus Boonstra 1953 [nomen dubium]
G. †Rhynchosaurus Owen 1842
Subfm. †Stenaulorhynchinae Kuhn 1933
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Invalid names: Rhynchosaurinae Nopcsa 1923 [empty], Scaphonychidae Huene 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Collections (105 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aegean - Bithynian | USA (Arizona) | Ammorhynchus navajoi (49853 49854 49855 49856) | |
Anisian | Tanzania (Iringa) | Stenaulorhynchus stockleyi (55756) | |
Anisian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Stenaulorhynchus sp. (64085 194380) | |
Anisian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Mesodapedon kuttyi (136648) | |
Anisian | United Kingdom (England) | Hyperodapedon sp. (88984) Rhynchosauridae indet., Hyperodapedon gordoni (57944) Rhynchosaurus brodiei (97695) Rhynchosaurus spenceri (88950 88951 88953 88954 88955 88956 88957 88959 88960 88961 88962 88963 88964 88965 88966 88968 88969 88970 88974 88993 88994) | |
Anisian - Ladinian | United Kingdom (England) | Hyperodapedon gordoni (24666) | |
Middle Triassic | United Kingdom (England) | Rhynchosaurus brodiei (34402) | |
Ladinian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Rhynchosauridae indet., Rhynchosauria indet. (195243) | |
Ladinian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Rhynchosauria new species (105604) | |
Ladinian - Carnian | Madagascar (Toliara) | Isalorhynchus genovefae (96207 96221 96283) | |
Ladinian - Carnian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Rhynchosauridae indet. (218115) | |
Ladinian - Carnian | Argentina (Rioja) | Stenaulorhynchinae indet., Elorhynchus carrolli (218114) | |
Carnian | USA (Texas) | Rhynchosauridae indet. (84271) | |
Carnian | Zimbabwe (Mashonaland Central) | Hyperodapedon sp. (48460 94781 94782) Hyperodapedontinae indet. (228330 228331 228332 228333 228334) | |
Carnian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Hyperodapedon huxleyi (94787) Hyperodapedon tikiensis (174029) Paradapedon huxleyi (105292 207798) | |
Carnian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Hyperodapedon sp. (107286) Oryctorhynchus bairdi (80074 80079) | |
Carnian | Argentina (San Juan) | Rhynchosaurinae indet. (49007) Scaphonyx sp. (47036 47037 131436) | |
Carnian | Poland (Slaskie) | Rhynchosauridae indet. (110468) | |
Carnian | USA (Wyoming) | Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis (91493) | |
Carnian - Norian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Cephalonia lotziana (72088 72089 99381 99382 99407) Cephalonia lotziana, Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis (99410) Hyperodapedon huenei, Hyperodapedon mariensis (92319) Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis (105825) Hyperodapedon sp. (92320 98623 102346 175572) Scaphonyx fischeri (13220 38250 72090 72137 72138 72139 99409 99411) Scaphonyx fischeri, Cephalonia lotziana (72136) | |
Carnian - Norian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Paradapedon huxleyi (98628 136899 136902 136903) Rhynchosauria indet. (174030) | |
Carnian - Norian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Hyperodapedon gordoni (89008 89012) Stenometopon taylori, Hyperodapedon gordoni (57948) | |
Carnian - Norian | USA (Texas) | Otischalkia elderae (71982) Rhynchosauridae indet. (22704 22707) | |
Carnian - Norian | India (Telangana) | Hyperodapedon huxleyi, Paradapedon indicus (112285) | |
Carnian - Norian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Hyperodapedon tikiensis (218155) | |
Carnian - Norian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Scaphonyx stockleyi, Scaphonyx africanus (98625) | |
Tuvalian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Hyperodapedon sp. (196709) | |
Norian | USA (Arizona) | Rhynchosauridae indet. (48423) | |
Norian | USA (New Mexico) | Rhynchosauridae indet. (48516) | |
Norian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis (102340) Scaphonyx fischeri (72087) Scaphonyx sulcognathus (102339) Teyumbaita sulcognathus (102348) |