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Hyperodapedon

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Hyperodapedon Huxley
1870Hyperodapedon Cope
1903Stenometopon Boulenger p. 178
1907Scaphonyx Woodward p. 54 figs. 1-4
1907Scaphonyx fischeri Woodward p. 54 figs. 1-4
1911Scaphonyx Huene p. 47
1926Scaphonyx australis Huene
1933Macrocephalosaurus Tupi-Caldas
1938Paradapedon Huene
1940Paradapedon Huene p. 6
1940Cephalonia Huene p. 7
1940Hyperodapedon Huene p. 7
1940Scaphonyx Huene p. 7
1942Cephalonia Huene
1942Paradapedon Huene p. 250
1942Cephalonia lotziana Huene p. 259
1980Supradapedon Chatterjee p. 58
1983Hyperodapedon Benton p. 711
1985Hyperodapedon Benton p. 154
1985Scaphonyx Benton p. 154
1988Hyperodapedon Carroll
1988Scaphonyx Carroll
1995Scaphonyx Wilkinson and Benton
2000Hyperodapedon Langer et al. p. 17
2000Hyperodapedon Langer and Schultz p. 634
2015Hyperodapedon Mukherjee and Ray
2016Hyperodapedon Ezcurra et al.
2016Hyperodapedon Schultz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
Rhynchosauria()
Rhynchosauridae()
Hyperodapedontinae(Chatterjee 1969)
genusHyperodapedonHuxley 1859

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. †Hyperodapedon Huxley 1859
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Hyperodapedon gordoni Huxley 1859
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Invalid names: Stenometopon taylori Boulenger 1903 [synonym]
Hyperodapedon huenei Langer and Schultz 2000
Hyperodapedon huxleyi Lydekker 1881
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Invalid names: Paradapedon indicus Huene 1940 [synonym]
Hyperodapedon mariensis Tupi-Caldas 1933
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]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. J. Benton 1983Lingual teeth on dentary; humerus longer than femur.
M. C. Langer and C. L. Schultz 2000Rhynchosaur with: frontal ornamentation with lateral grooves that have approximately the same depth throughout; ventral process of the squamosal plate-like; only one dentary blade; no primary lingual teeth on the dentary; more than two teeth in transverse sections through the maxillary area lateral to the main groove.