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Tanystropheus

Reptilia - Tanystropheidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Macroscelosaurus Münster
1852Tanystropheus von Meyer
1859Tanystrophaeus Owen p. 146
1860Tanystrophaeus Owen p. 220
1861Tanystrophaeus Owen p. 238
1886Tribelesodon Bassani p. 25
1887Tanystrophaeus Cope p. 221
1890Tanystropheus Zittel p. 733
1890Tribelesodon Zittel p. 799ff
1896Nothosaurus blezingeri Fraas p. 11
1898Nothosaurus bletzingeri Spangenberg p. 407
1901Tanystropheus Nopcsa p. 202
1902Chelyzoon Huene
1902Tanystrophaeus Huene
1902Chelyzoon Huene p. 50
1902Chelyzoon latum Huene p. 50
1902Chelyzoon blezingeri Huene p. 51
1902Procerosaurus Huene p. 64
1902Pectenosaurus Huene p. 65
1908Tanystrophaeus posthumus Huene
1909Tanystropheus Huene p. 13
1911Tanystropheus von Zittel p. 281
1913Thecodontosaurus posthumus Fraas p. 1100
1914Thecodontosaurus posthumus Fraas p. 130
1914Thecodontosaurus posthumus Hennig p. 418
1914Tanystrophaeus Huene p. 11
1914Procerosaurus Huene p. 12
1914Tanystrophaeus posthumus Huene p. 12
1914Tanystrophaeus Huene p. 33
1914Tanystropheus Huene p. 154
1920Procerosaurus Huene p. 162
1920Tanystrophaeus Huene p. 162
1928Procerosaurus Nopcsa p. 183
1928Tanystropheus Nopcsa p. 183
1928Tribelesodon Nopcsa p. 187
1939Procerosaurus Kuhn p. 35
1966Tanystropheus Kuhn p. 43
1971Chelyzoon Kuhn p. 10
1971Chelyzoon blezingeri Kuhn p. 10
1971Chelyzoon latum Kuhn p. 10
1971Tanystropheus Kuhn p. 11
1971Nothosaurus blezingeri Kuhn p. 18
1980Tanystropheus Chatterjee p. 198
1985Tanystropheus Benton p. 154
1986Tanystropheus Chatterjee
1988Tanystropheus Carroll
2005Tanystropheus Renesto p. 378
2011Tanystropheus Sennikov
2016Tanystropheus Ezcurra
2020Tanystropheus Spiekman et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTanystropheidaeGervais 1859
genusTanystropheusvon Meyer 1852

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. †Tanystropheus von Meyer 1852
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Tanystropheus biharicus Jurcsák 1975
Tanystropheus haasi Rieppel 2001
Tanystropheus hydroides Spiekman et al. 2020
Invalid names: Chelyzoon Huene 1902 [nomen dubium], Chelyzoon blezingeri Huene 1902 [nomen dubium], Chelyzoon latum Huene 1902 [nomen dubium], Macroscelosaurus Münster 1852 [synonym], Nothosaurus blezingeri Fraas 1896 [nomen dubium], Pectenosaurus Huene 1902 [synonym], Procerosaurus Huene 1902 [synonym], Tanystrophaeus posthumus Huene 1908 [nomen dubium], Tribelesodon Bassani 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available