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Dyrosauridae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dyrosauridae was named by Stefano (1903) [Stefano (1903; p. 65): “Alla nuova famiglia io darei il nome di Dyrosauridae, dall’unico rappresentante, il Dyrosaurus Pomel, che si conosce finora.”]. It was considered monophyletic by Jouve (2009).

It was reranked as the subfamily Dyrosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); it was synonymized subjectively with Congosauridae by Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the family Dyrosauridae by Souza et al. (2019); it was reranked as the unranked clade Dyrosauridae by Jouve and Jalil (2020) and Jouve et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Teleosauridae by Nopcsa (1928); to Mesosuchia by Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Buffetaut (1978), Carroll (1988) and Gasparini and Spalletti (1990); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Hastings et al. (2011); to Tethysuchia by Buffetaut (1982) and Andrade et al. (2011); to Neosuchia by Jouve et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Gasparini et al. (2006), Jouve (2009), Martin et al. (2010), Bronzati et al. (2012) and Montefeltro et al. (2013); to Tethysuchia by Young et al. (2016); to Tethysuchoidea by Souza et al. (2019); to Tethysuchia by Jouve and Jalil (2020); and to Dyrosauroidea by Jouve et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Hyposaurus rogersii Owen
1871Hyposaurus ferox Marsh
1902Hyposaurus ferox Hay p. 516
1902Hyposaurus rogersii Hay p. 516
1903Dyrosauridae Stefano p. 65
1928Dyrosaurinae Nopcsa p. 186
1930Hyposaurus ferox Hay p. 147
1930Hyposaurus rogersii Hay p. 147
1930Dyrosaurus minor Swinton
1946Dyrosauridae Kuhn p. 64
1954Dyrosauridae Huene p. 54
1978Dyrosauridae Buffetaut p. 238
1982Dyrosauridae Buffetaut p. 18
1988Dyrosauridae Carroll
1990Dyrosauridae Gasparini and Spalletti p. 145
1997Hyposaurus rogersii Denton et al.
2005Dyrosauridae Jouve et al. p. 359
2006Dyrosauridae Gasparini et al. p. 72
2006Dyrosauridae Jouve et al.
2009Dyrosauridae Jouve
2010Dyrosauridae Martin et al.
2011Dyrosauridae Andrade et al.
2011Dyrosauridae Hastings et al. p. 1097
2012Dyrosauridae Bronzati et al.
2012Hyposaurus rogersii Bronzati et al.
2013Dyrosauridae Montefeltro et al.
2016Dyrosauridae Young et al.
2019Dyrosauridae Souza et al.
2020Dyrosauridae Jouve and Jalil
2021Dyrosauridae Jouve et al.

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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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
—Tethysuchia()
—Dyrosauroidea
—Dyrosauridae()
—Dyrosauridae()

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.

Unr. †Dyrosauridae Stefano 1903
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G. †Anthracosuchus Hastings et al. 2015
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†Anthracosuchus balrogus Hastings et al. 2015
G. †Brachiosuchus Salih et al. 2021
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†Brachiosuchus kababishensis Salih et al. 2021
G. †Cerrejonisuchus Hastings et al. 2010
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†Cerrejonisuchus improcerus Hastings et al. 2010
G. †Chenanisuchus Jouve et al. 2005 [Chenane crocodile]
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†Chenanisuchus lateroculi Jouve et al. 2005
Unr. †Hyposaurinae Nopcsa 1928
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G. †Acherontisuchus Hastings et al. 2011
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†Acherontisuchus guajiraensis Hastings et al. 2011
G. †Arambourgisuchus Jouve et al. 2005
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†Arambourgisuchus khouribgaensis Jouve et al. 2005
G. †Atlantosuchus Buffetaut and Wouters 1979
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†Atlantosuchus coupatezi Buffetaut and Wouters 1979
G. †Congosaurus Dollo 1914
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†Congosaurus bequaerti Dollo 1914
†Congosaurus compressus Buffetaut 1980
G. †Dorbignysuchus Jouve et al. 2021
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†Dorbignysuchus niatu Jouve et al. 2021
G. †Dyrosaurus Pomel 1894
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†Dyrosaurus maghribensis Jouve et al. 2006
†Dyrosaurus phosphaticus Thomas 1893
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Invalid names: Dyrosaurus berneti Bergounioux 1955 [synonym], Dyrosaurus variabilis Bergounioux 1955 [synonym]
G. †Hyposaurus Owen 1849
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†Hyposaurus derbianus Cope 1885
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Invalid names: Guarinisuchus munizi Barbosa et al. 2008 [synonym]
†Hyposaurus natator Troxell 1925
Invalid names: Guarinisuchus Barbosa et al. 2008 [synonym], Hyposaurus natator oweni Troxell 1925 [synonym], Hyposaurus nopcsai Swinton 1930 [nomen dubium], Hyposaurus wilsoni Swinton 1930 [nomen dubium], Sokotosaurus Swinton 1930 [synonym], Wurnosaurus Swinton 1930 [synonym]
G. †Luciasuchus Jouve et al. 2021
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†Luciasuchus lurusinqa Jouve et al. 2021
G. †Rhabdognathus Swinton 1930
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†Rhabdognathus acutirostris Bergounioux 1955
Invalid names: Rhabdognathus rarus Swinton 1930 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Hyposaurus paucidens Arambourg 1952 [nomen dubium]
Unr. †Phosphatosaurinae Buffetaut 1979
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G. †Phosphatosaurus Bergounioux 1955
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†Phosphatosaurus gavialoides Bergounioux 1955
G. †Sokotosuchus Halstead 1975
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†Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni Halstead 1975
G. †Rodeosuchus Jouve et al. 2021
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†Rodeosuchus machukiru Jouve et al. 2021
G. †Tilemsisuchus Buffetaut 1980
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†Tilemsisuchus lavocati Buffetaut 1980
Invalid names: Dyrosaurus minor Swinton 1930 [nomen dubium], Hyposaurus rogersii Owen 1849 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available