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Rauisuchidae (rauisuchid)
Taxonomy
Rauisuchidae was named by Huene (1942). Its type is Rauisuchus. It is the type family of Rauisuchia. It was considered unknown by Sulej (2005) and monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Rauisuchidae by Nesbitt (2011).
It was assigned to Ornithosuchoidea by Kuhn (1964); to Pseudosuchia by Krebs (1965); to Chirotherioidea by Kuhn (1966); to Pseudosuchida by Kuhn (1971); to Rauisuchia by Galton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Parrish (1993); to Rauisuchia by Long and Murry (1995) and Sulej (2005); and to Loricata by Nesbitt (2011).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Rauisuchidae by Nesbitt (2011).
It was assigned to Ornithosuchoidea by Kuhn (1964); to Pseudosuchia by Krebs (1965); to Chirotherioidea by Kuhn (1966); to Pseudosuchida by Kuhn (1971); to Rauisuchia by Galton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Parrish (1993); to Rauisuchia by Long and Murry (1995) and Sulej (2005); and to Loricata by Nesbitt (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1942 | Rauisuchidae Huene |
1964 | Rauisuchidae Kuhn p. 320 |
1965 | Rauisuchidae Krebs p. 131 |
1966 | Rauisuchidae Kuhn p. 73 |
1971 | Rauisuchidae Kuhn p. 13 |
1985 | Rauisuchidae Galton |
1988 | Rauisuchidae Carroll |
1993 | Rauisuchidae Parrish p. 290 fig. 1 |
1995 | Rauisuchidae Long and Murry p. 119 |
2005 | Rauisuchidae Sulej p. 78 |
2011 | Rauisuchidae Nesbitt p. 203 fig. 51 |
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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.
Unr. †Rauisuchidae Huene 1942 [rauisuchid]
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G. †Fenhosuchus Young 1964
G. †Lupersuchus
G. †Postosuchus Chatterjee 1985
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†Postosuchus alisonae Peyer et al. 2008
†Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee 1985
G. †Teratosaurus Meyer 1861
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†Teratosaurus bengalensis Das-Gupta 1928
†Teratosaurus lloydi Owen 1841
†Teratosaurus schuetzii Fraas 1900
†Teratosaurus suevicus Meyer 1861
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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B. Krebs 1965 | Grosswüchsige Pseudosuchier. Schädel mit mittelgrosser Präorbitalöffnung. Thecodontes Gebiss mit relativ wenigen, grossen, zugespitzten, randlieh gekerbten Zähnen. Ungefähr 24 Präsacralwirbel, zwei Sacralwirbel, um 50 Schwanzwirbel. Halsrippenschäfte untereinander gelenkig verbunden. Längliche Scapula, ovales, caudal nicht oder kaum eingebuchtetes Coracoid mit kleinem Foramen. Extrem dreistrahliges Becken mit geschlossenem Acetabulum, an welchem alle drei Elemente beteiligt sind. Schlanke, lange Extremitäten. Länge Humerus + Radius erreicht rund drei Viertel vom Femur + Tibia. Radius ungefähr gleich lang wie Humerus. Tarsus mit vier Elementen, Gelenkkopf-Gelenkpfanne-Verbindung zwischen Astragalus und Calcaneus, kräftiger Tuber calcanei. Metatarsale V gekrümmt. Über Hals und Rumpf paarige, über Schwanz einfache Reihe kleiner dermaler Knochenschilder. | |
S. J. Nesbitt 2011 | The most inclusive clade containing Rauisuchus tiradentes (Huene, 1942) but not Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas, 1877, Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene, 1942, Poposaurus gracilis Mehl, 1915, or Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 |