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Dissorophus
Taxonomy
Dissorophus was named by Cope (1895). Its type is Dissorophus multicinctus. It is the type genus of Dissorophidae, Dissorophoidea, Dissorophinae.
It was assigned to Archegosauridae by Hay (1902); to Dissorophoidea by Yates and Warren (2000); to Dissorophidae by Williston (1910), Carroll (1988) and Anderson et al. (2008); and to Dissorophinae by Watson (1919), Schoch (2013) and Schoch and Milner (2014).
It was assigned to Archegosauridae by Hay (1902); to Dissorophoidea by Yates and Warren (2000); to Dissorophidae by Williston (1910), Carroll (1988) and Anderson et al. (2008); and to Dissorophinae by Watson (1919), Schoch (2013) and Schoch and Milner (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Dissorophus Cope p. 998 |
| 1896 | Otocoelus Cope p. 124 |
| 1902 | Dissorophus Hay p. 420 |
| 1902 | Otocoelus Hay p. 430 |
| 1910 | Dissorophus Williston p. 278 |
| 1919 | Dissorophus Watson p. 65 |
| 1966 | Longiscitula DeMar |
| 1988 | Dissorophus Carroll |
| 1988 | Longiscitula Carroll |
| 2000 | Dissorophus Yates and Warren pp. 84, 86 fig. 1 |
| 2008 | Dissorophus Anderson et al. p. 72 |
| 2013 | Dissorophus Schoch |
| 2014 | Dissorophus Schoch and Milner p. 70 |
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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. †Dissorophus Cope 1895
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†Dissorophus multicinctus Cope 1895
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Invalid names: Dissorophus articulatus Cope 1896 [synonym], Longiscitula houghae DeMar 1966 [synonym], Otocoelus mimeticus Cope 1896 [synonym], Otocoelus testudineus Cope 1896 [synonym]
Invalid names: Longiscitula DeMar 1966 [synonym], Otocoelus Cope 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available