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Mahavisaurus
Taxonomy
Mahavisaurus was named by Lehman (1966). It is not extant. Its type is Mahavisaurus dentatus.
It was assigned to Rhinesuchoidea by Lehman (1966); to Rhytidosteidae by Warren and Black (1985); to Indobrachyopidae by Cosgriff and Zawiskie (1979) and Carroll (1988); and to Peltosteginae by Schoch and Milner (2000).
It was assigned to Rhinesuchoidea by Lehman (1966); to Rhytidosteidae by Warren and Black (1985); to Indobrachyopidae by Cosgriff and Zawiskie (1979) and Carroll (1988); and to Peltosteginae by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Species
M. dentatus (syn. Lyrosaurus australis) (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Mahavisaurus Lehman p. 4^ figs. 1-2, Pl. 1-3 |
| 1966 | Lyrosaurus Lehman p. 125 |
| 1979 | Mahavisaurus Cosgriff and Zawiskie p. 23 |
| 1985 | Mahavisaurus Warren and Black |
| 1988 | Lyrosaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Mahavisaurus Carroll |
| 2000 | Mahavisaurus Schoch and Milner p. 82 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available