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Machaeroprosopus validus

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Machaeroprosopus validus was named by Mehl (1916). Its type specimen is UW 3807 (holotype lost), a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 miles east of Tanners Crossing, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Machaeroprosopus validus Mehl p. 5 figs. 1-5
1930Machaeroprosopus validus Hay p. 144
2013Machaeroprosopus validus Parker et al.
2013Machaeroprosopus validus Stocker and Butler

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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
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
—Mystriosuchini(Huene 1915)
genusMachaeroprosopus
speciesvalidus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available