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Gnathosaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Gnathosaurus was named by Meyer (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 620]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Saurii by Meyer (1845); to Crocodilidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Gnathosaurinae by Unwin (2002) and Unwin (2003); to Ctenochasmatidae by Carroll (1988), Howse and Milner (1995) and Andres and Ji (2008); and to Lophocratia by Andres et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Gnathosaurus Meyer
1845Gnathosaurus Meyer p. 283
1849Gnathosaurus d'Orbigny p. 206
1988Gnathosaurus Carroll
1995Gnathosaurus Howse and Milner
2002Gnathosaurus Sepkoski
2002Gnathosaurus Unwin
2003Gnathosaurus Unwin p. 145
2008Gnathosaurus Andres and Ji
2014Gnathosaurus Andres 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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Lophocratia
genusGnathosaurusMeyer 1833

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. †Gnathosaurus Meyer 1833
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Gnathosaurus macrurus Seeley 1869
Gnathosaurus subulatus Meyer 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available