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Pelorocephalus
Taxonomy
Pelorocephalus was named by Cabrera (1944). It is not extant. Its type is Pelorocephalus mendozensis.
It was assigned to Chigutisauridae by Carroll (1988), Schoch and Milner (2000), Warren and Marsicano (2000) and Yates and Warren (2000).
It was assigned to Chigutisauridae by Carroll (1988), Schoch and Milner (2000), Warren and Marsicano (2000) and Yates and Warren (2000).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1944 | Pelorocephalus Cabrera |
| 1948 | Chigutisaurus Rusconi |
| 1975 | Pelorocephalus ischigualastensis Bonaparte |
| 1988 | Pelorocephalus Carroll |
| 2000 | Pelorocephalus Schoch and Milner p. 87 |
| 2000 | Pelorocephalus ischigualastensis Schoch and Milner p. 88 |
| 2000 | Pelorocephalus Warren and Marsicano p. 471 |
| 2000 | Pelorocephalus Yates and Warren pp. 84, 104 fig. 1 |
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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. †Pelorocephalus Cabrera 1944
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†Pelorocephalus cacheutensis Rusconi 1953
†Pelorocephalus mendozensis Cabrera 1944
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Invalid names: Chigutisaurus tunuyanensis Rusconi 1948 [synonym]
†Pelorocephalus tenax Rusconi 1949
Invalid names: Chigutisaurus Rusconi 1948 [synonym], Pelorocephalus ischigualastensis Bonaparte 1975 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available