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Mesosuchus
Taxonomy
Mesosuchus was named by Watson (1912). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Mesosuchidae.
It was assigned to Howesiidae by Watson (1917); to Mesosuchidae by Benton (1985); to Rhynchosauridae by Carroll (1988); to Archosauromorpha by Senter (2004) and Nesbitt (2011); to Rhynchosauria by Dilkes (1998) and Mukherjee and Ray (2015); and to Rhynchosauria by Ezcurra et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Howesiidae by Watson (1917); to Mesosuchidae by Benton (1985); to Rhynchosauridae by Carroll (1988); to Archosauromorpha by Senter (2004) and Nesbitt (2011); to Rhynchosauria by Dilkes (1998) and Mukherjee and Ray (2015); and to Rhynchosauria by Ezcurra et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Mesosuchus Watson |
| 1917 | Mesosuchus Watson p. 180 |
| 1985 | Mesosuchus Benton p. 154 |
| 1988 | Mesosuchus Carroll |
| 1998 | Mesosuchus Dilkes p. 503 |
| 2004 | Mesosuchus Senter p. 260 |
| 2011 | Mesosuchus Nesbitt |
| 2015 | Mesosuchus Mukherjee and Ray |
| 2016 | Mesosuchus Ezcurra 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: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||