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Proterosuchidae
Taxonomy
Proterosuchidae was named by Broom (1906). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Pseudosuchia by Huene (1922) and Kuhn (1946); to Proterosuchia by Kuhn (1964); to Proterosuchoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Archosauromorpha by Benton (1985); to Archosauria by Benton (1990); to Proterosuchia by Charig (1967), Charig and Reig (1970), Cruickshank (1972), Charig and Sues (1976), Cruickshank (1978), Camp and Banks (1978), Thulborn (1979), Thulborn (1986), Carroll (1988) and Welman (1998); and to Archosauriformes by Gauthier et al. (1989), Nesbitt (2011) and Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Pseudosuchia by Huene (1922) and Kuhn (1946); to Proterosuchia by Kuhn (1964); to Proterosuchoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Archosauromorpha by Benton (1985); to Archosauria by Benton (1990); to Proterosuchia by Charig (1967), Charig and Reig (1970), Cruickshank (1972), Charig and Sues (1976), Cruickshank (1978), Camp and Banks (1978), Thulborn (1979), Thulborn (1986), Carroll (1988) and Welman (1998); and to Archosauriformes by Gauthier et al. (1989), Nesbitt (2011) and Ezcurra (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1906 | Proterosuchidae Broom |
1922 | Proterosuchidae Huene p. 22 |
1924 | Chasmatosauridae Haughton |
1946 | Proterosuchidae Kuhn p. 64 |
1958 | Garjainiidae Ochev |
1960 | Vjushkoviidae Huene |
1964 | Garjainiidae Kuhn p. 320 |
1964 | Proterosuchidae Kuhn p. 320 |
1964 | Vjushkoviidae Kuhn p. 320 |
1966 | Proterosuchidae Kuhn p. 71 |
1967 | Proterosuchidae Charig p. 708 |
1970 | Proterosuchidae Charig and Reig p. 165 |
1972 | Proterosuchidae Cruickshank p. 116 |
1973 | Vjushkoviidae Young p. 38 |
1976 | Proterosuchidae Charig and Sues p. 16 |
1978 | Proterosuchidae Camp and Banks |
1978 | Proterosuchidae Cruickshank |
1979 | Proterosuchidae Thulborn p. 332 |
1985 | Proterosuchidae Benton p. 154 |
1986 | Proterosuchidae Thulborn p. 123 |
1988 | Proterosuchidae Carroll |
1989 | Proterosuchidae Gauthier et al. p. 345 |
1990 | Proterosuchidae Benton p. 13 |
1998 | Proterosuchidae Welman p. 340 |
2011 | Proterosuchidae Nesbitt |
2016 | Proterosuchidae Ezcurra |
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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.
Fm. †Proterosuchidae Broom 1906
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G. †Blomosuchus Sennikov 1997
G. †Proterosuchus Broom 1903
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†Proterosuchus alexanderi Hoffman 1965
†Proterosuchus fergusi Broom 1903
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Invalid names: Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni Haughton 1924 [synonym], Elaphrosuchus rubidgei Broom 1946 [synonym]
†Proterosuchus goweri Ezcurra and Butler 2015
Invalid names: Chasmatosaurus Haughton 1924 [synonym], Elaphrosuchus Broom 1946 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chasmatosauridae Haughton 1924 [synonym], Garjainiidae Ochev 1958 [synonym], Vjushkoviidae Huene 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available