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Proterosuchia (disused)

Reptilia - Thecodontia

Taxonomy
Proterosuchia was named by Broom (1906). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the order Proterosuchia by Roxo (1937); it was reranked as the superfamily Proterosuchia by Kuhn (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Proterosuchoidea by Kuhn (1966); it was corrected as Proterosuchida by Kuhn (1971).

It was assigned to Prodiapsida by Roxo (1937); to Pseudosuchia by Kuhn (1964); to Archosauria by Cooper (1981); and to Thecodontia by Charig (1967), Kuhn (1971), Cruickshank (1972), Charig and Sues (1976), Camp and Banks (1978), Thulborn (1979) and Carroll (1988).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Proterosuchia Broom
1911Pelycosimia Huene p. 47
1922Pelycosimia Huene p. 22
1937Pelycosimia Roxo p. 44
1937Proterosuchia Roxo p. 44
1964Proterosuchia Kuhn p. 320
1967Proterosuchia Charig p. 708
1971Proterosuchida Kuhn p. 12
1972Proterosuchia Cruickshank p. 116
1976Proterosuchia Charig and Sues p. 11
1978Proterosuchia Camp and Banks p. 149
1979Proterosuchia Thulborn p. 332
1981Proterosuchia Cooper p. 694
1988Proterosuchia Carroll

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
orderThecodontia
suborderProterosuchiaBroom 1906
suborderProterosuchiaBroom 1906

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.

Subor. †Proterosuchia Broom 1906
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Invalid names: Pelycosimia Huene 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:37:58
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:37:58
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Olenekian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Proterosuchia indet. (37040)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Pseudosuchia indet. (117152)