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Pachystropheus
Taxonomy
Pachystropheus was named by von Huene (1935). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pachystropheidae.
It was assigned to Pachystropheidae by Kuhn (1966) and Kuhn (1971); to Sphenodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Choristodera by Storrs and Gower (1993) and Storrs et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Pachystropheidae by Kuhn (1966) and Kuhn (1971); to Sphenodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Choristodera by Storrs and Gower (1993) and Storrs et al. (1996).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Pachystropheus von Huene |
| 1966 | Pachystropheus Kuhn p. 36 |
| 1971 | Pachystropheus Kuhn p. 10 |
| 1988 | Pachystropheus Carroll |
| 1993 | Pachystropheus Storrs and Gower |
| 1996 | Pachystropheus Storrs et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||