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Mystriosuchinae

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy

Mystriosuchinae was named by von Huene (1915). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mystriosuchidea by Long and Murry (1995); and to Parasuchidae by Kammerer et al. (2016), Jones and Butler (2018), Datta et al. (2019).

Subtaxa

Angistorhinus, Brachysuchus, Leptosuchomorpha, Phytosaurinae, Protome, Rutiodon (syn. Metarhinus), Volcanosuchus

Sister taxa

Phytosaurinae

Synonyms

Belodontidae was named by Cope (1871).

It was synonymized subjectively with Phytosauridae by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Amphicoelia by Cope (1871); to Parasuchia by Cope (1875); to Crocodilia by Baur (1887); and to Belodonti by Jaekel (1910).
Phytosauridae was named by Jaeger (1828). Its type is Phytosaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Hungerbühler (1998), Stocker (2010).

It was reranked as the family Phytosauridae by Hungerbühler (2002); it was reranked as the unranked clade Phytosauridae by Stocker and Butler (2013); it was replaced with Mystriosuchinae by Kammerer et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Thecodontia by Watson (1917); to Phytosauriformes by Hay (1930); to Parasuchida by Kuhn (1971); to Pseudosuchia by Haubold (1971); to Phytosauria by Lull (1915), Lull (1917), Carroll (1988); to Pseudosuchia by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Parasuchia by Hay (1902), Huene (1922), Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1964), Kuhn (1966), Charig (1967), Galton (1985), Parrish and Carpenter (1986), Parker and Irmis (2006); and to Phytosauria by Doyle and Sues (1995), Hungerbühler (1998), Hungerbühler (2002), Stocker (2010), Stocker and Butler (2013).
Apatopodidae was named by Baird (1957). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Phytosauridae by Haubold (1971).

It was assigned to Phytosauria by Baird (1957); and to Parasuchia by Kuhn (1963), Haubold (1969).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1828	Phytosauridae Jaeger
1871	Belodontidae Cope
1875	Belodontidae Cope p. 14
1887	Belodontidae Baur p. 102
1902	Phytosauridae Hay p. 509
1910	Belodontidae Jaekel p. 340
1915	Phytosauridae Lull p. 98
1915	Mystriosuchinae von Huene
1917	Phytosauridae Lull p. 110
1917	Phytosauridae Watson p. 179
1922	Phytosauridae Huene p. 23
1930	Phytosauridae Hay p. 141
1946	Phytosauridae Kuhn p. 64
1957	Apatopodidae Baird p. 486
1963	Apatopodidae Kuhn p. 76
1964	Phytosauridae Kuhn p. 319
1966	Phytosauridae Kuhn p. 81
1967	Phytosauridae Charig p. 704
1969	Apatopodidae Haubold p. 97
1971	Phytosauridae Haubold p. 59
1971	Phytosauridae Kuhn p. 14
1985	Phytosauridae Galton
1986	Phytosauridae Parrish and Carpenter p. 152
1988	Phytosauridae Carroll
1989	Phytosauridae Gauthier et al. p. 348
1995	Phytosauridae Doyle and Sues p. 546
1995	Mystriosuchinae Long and Murry
1998	Phytosauridae Hungerbühler p. 17
2002	Phytosauridae Hungerbühler p. 380
2006	Phytosauridae Parker and Irmis
2010	Phytosauridae Stocker p. supplement
2013	Phytosauridae Stocker and Butler
2016	Mystriosuchinae Kammerer et al.
2018	Mystriosuchinae Jones and Butler p. 10 figs. Table 2; Figure 7
2019	Mystriosuchinae Datta et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
—	Pseudosuchia	(Zittel 1890)
—	Phytosauria	(Jaeger 1828)
family	Parasuchidae	Lydekker 1885
subfamily	Mystriosuchinae	von Huene 1915
subfamily	Mystriosuchinae	von Huene 1915

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.

Subfm. †Mystriosuchinae von Huene 1915

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G. †Angistorhinus Mehl 1913

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†Angistorhinus aeolamnis Eaton 1965

†Angistorhinus alticephalus Stovall and Wharton Jr. 1936

†Angistorhinus grandis Mehl 1913

†Angistorhinus maximus Mehl 1928

†Angistorhinus parvus Mehl 1928

†Angistorhinus talainti Dutuit 1977

G. †Brachysuchus Case 1929

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†Brachysuchus megalodon Case 1929

Unr. †Leptosuchomorpha Stocker 2010

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G. †Leptosuchus Case 1922

†Leptosuchus crosbiensis Case 1922

Invalid names: Phytosaurus doughtyi Case 1920 [synonym]

†Leptosuchus studeri Case and White 1934

Unr. †Mystriosuchini Huene 1915

G. †Machaeroprosopus Mehl 1916

†Machaeroprosopus andersoni Mehl 1922

†Machaeroprosopus buceros Cope 1881

†Machaeroprosopus jablonskiae Parker and Irmis 2006

†Machaeroprosopus lottorum Hungerbühler et al. 2013

†Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi Ballew 1989

†Machaeroprosopus pristinus Mehl 1928

†Machaeroprosopus tenuis Camp 1930

†Machaeroprosopus validus Mehl 1916

Invalid names: Arribasuchus Long and Murry 1995 [synonym], Pseudopalatus Mehl 1928 [synonym], Redondasaurus Hunt and Lucas 1993 [synonym]

G. †Mystriosuchus Fraas 1896

†Mystriosuchus planirostris Meyer 1863

†Mystriosuchus westphali Hungerbühler and Hunt 2000

Invalid names: Pseudopalatinae Long and Murry 1995 [replaced]

G. †Pravusuchus Stocker 2010

†Pravusuchus hortus Stocker 2010

G. †Smilosuchus Long and Murry 1995

†Smilosuchus adamanensis Camp 1930

Invalid names: Machaeroprosopus zunii Camp 1930 [synonym]

†Smilosuchus gregorii Camp 1930

†Smilosuchus lithodendrorum Camp 1930

G. †Protome Stocker 2012

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†Protome batalaria Stocker 2012

G. †Rutiodon Emmons 1856

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†Rutiodon carolinensis Emmons 1856

Invalid names: Metarhinus Jaekel 1910 [synonym], Palaeonornis Emmons 1857 [nomen dubium], Palaeonornis struthionoides Emmons 1857 [nomen dubium]

G. †Volcanosuchus Datta et al. 2019

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†Volcanosuchus statisticae Datta et al. 2019

Invalid names: Phytosauridae Jaeger 1828 [replaced]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
M. R. Stocker 2010 (Phytosauridae)	A node-based group consisting of the last common ancestor of Angistorhinus (Mehl 1913), Leptosuchus studeri (Case and White 1934) and Mystriosuchus westphali (Hungerbühler and Hunt 2000), and all descendants of that ancestor.