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Parasaniwa
Taxonomy
Parasaniwa was named by Gilmore (1928). Its type is Parasaniwa wyomingensis. It is the type genus of Parasaniwidae.
It was assigned to Saniwinae by Hay (1930) and McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Varanidae by Gilmore (1928) and Hecht (1959); to Parasaniwidae by Estes (1964) and Estes and Berberian (1970); to Necrosauridae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989) and Gao and Fox (1996); and to Platynota by Conrad (2006) and Longrich et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Saniwinae by Hay (1930) and McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Varanidae by Gilmore (1928) and Hecht (1959); to Parasaniwidae by Estes (1964) and Estes and Berberian (1970); to Necrosauridae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989) and Gao and Fox (1996); and to Platynota by Conrad (2006) and Longrich et al. (2012).
Species
P. cynochoros, P. wyomingensis (syn. P. obtusa) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Parasaniwa Gilmore p. 85 |
| 1930 | Parasaniwa Hay p. 252 |
| 1954 | Parasaniwa McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
| 1959 | Parasaniwa Hecht p. 135 |
| 1964 | Parasaniwa Estes p. 129 |
| 1970 | Parasaniwa Estes and Berberian p. 5 |
| 1983 | Parasaniwa Estes |
| 1988 | Parasaniwa Carroll |
| 1989 | Parasaniwa Bryant p. 47 |
| 1996 | Parasaniwa Gao and Fox p. 76 |
| 2006 | Parasaniwa Conrad p. 122 |
| 2012 | Parasaniwa Longrich et al. |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available