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Parasuchus magnoculus

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Paleorhinus magnoculus was named by Long and Murry (1995). Its type specimen is MNHN-ALM1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality XVI, Azendoh, which is in a Carnian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Timezgadiouine Formation of Morocco.

It was recombined as Arganarhinus magnoculus by Long and Murry (1995); it was considered a nomen dubium by Fara and Hungerbühler (2000); it was recombined as Parasuchus magnoculus by Kammerer et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Arganarhinus magnoculus Long and Murry p. 38
1995Paleorhinus magnoculus Long and Murry p. 38
2013Paleorhinus magnoculus Stocker and Butler
2016Parasuchus magnoculus Kammerer 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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
genusParasuchusLydekker 1885
speciesmagnoculus()

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.

Parasuchus magnoculus Long and Murry 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available