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Cyclotosauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Cyclotosauridae was named by Shishkin (1964). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Capitosauridae by Kuhn (1971).

It was assigned to Capitosauroidea by Schoch and Milner (2000), Schoch (2000) and Marzola et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Cyclotosauridae Shishkin
2000Cyclotosauridae Schoch p. 391
2000Cyclotosauridae Schoch and Milner
2017Cyclotosauridae Marzola et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyCyclotosauridaeShishkin 1964
familyCyclotosauridaeShishkin 1964

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.

Fm. †Cyclotosauridae Shishkin 1964
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G. †Cyclotosaurus Fraas 1889
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Cyclotosaurus buechneri Witzmann et al. 2016
Cyclotosaurus intermedius Sulej and Majer 2005
Cyclotosaurus naraserluki Marzola et al. 2017
Cyclotosaurus papilio Wepfer 1913
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Invalid names: Cyclotosaurus mordax Fraas 1913 [synonym]
Cyclotosaurus robustus Meyer and Plieninger 1844
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Invalid names: Mastodonsaurus cyclotis Quenstadt 1850 [objective synonym], Mastodonsaurus robustus Quenstadt 1850 [synonym]
Invalid names: Capitosaurus Münster 1836 [nomen dubium], Cyclotosaurus leptognathus Owen 1841 [nomen dubium], Hercynosaurus Jaekel 1914 [nomen dubium], Hercynosaurus carinidens Jaekel 1914 [nomen dubium]
G. †Quasicyclotosaurus Schoch 2000
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Quasicyclotosaurus campi Schoch 2000
Invalid names: Cyclotosaurinae Shishkin 1964 [empty], Heylerosaurinae Ortlam 1970 [empty], Stenotosaurinae Kamphausen 1989 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available