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Teratosaurus
Taxonomy
Teratosaurus was named by Meyer (1861). Its type is Teratosaurus suevicus. It is the type genus of Teratosauridae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Zanclodon by Lydekker (1888), Zittel (1890), Woodward and Sherborn (1890), Nopcsa (1901) and Delair (1960).
It was assigned to Dinosauria by Huxley (1869) and Cope (1870); to Plateosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911) and Huene (1914); to Zanclodontidae by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Huene (1902) and Huene (1914); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Melanorosauridae by Romer (1966); to Ornithosuchidae by Walker (1964) and Steel (1970); to Carnosauria by Huene (1923), Huene (1926), Berckhemer (1938) and Swinton (1970); to Palaeosauridae by Kuhn (1971); to Megalosaurinidae by Huxley (1870) and Welles (1984); to Teratosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Nopcsa (1928), Romer (1956), Lapparent (1960), Tatarinov (1964), Charig (1967), Benedetto (1973), McIntosh (1981) and Battail (1986); to Rauisuchia by Benton (1986); to Poposauridae by Galton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Parrish (1993); to Rauisuchidae by Long and Murry (1995) and Sulej (2005); to Paracrocodyliformes by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007); and to Rauisuchidae by Brusatte et al. (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Zanclodon by Lydekker (1888), Zittel (1890), Woodward and Sherborn (1890), Nopcsa (1901) and Delair (1960).
It was assigned to Dinosauria by Huxley (1869) and Cope (1870); to Plateosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911) and Huene (1914); to Zanclodontidae by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Huene (1902) and Huene (1914); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Melanorosauridae by Romer (1966); to Ornithosuchidae by Walker (1964) and Steel (1970); to Carnosauria by Huene (1923), Huene (1926), Berckhemer (1938) and Swinton (1970); to Palaeosauridae by Kuhn (1971); to Megalosaurinidae by Huxley (1870) and Welles (1984); to Teratosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Nopcsa (1928), Romer (1956), Lapparent (1960), Tatarinov (1964), Charig (1967), Benedetto (1973), McIntosh (1981) and Battail (1986); to Rauisuchia by Benton (1986); to Poposauridae by Galton (1985), Carroll (1988) and Parrish (1993); to Rauisuchidae by Long and Murry (1995) and Sulej (2005); to Paracrocodyliformes by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007); and to Rauisuchidae by Brusatte et al. (2009).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1861 | Teratosaurus Meyer |
| 1869 | Teratosaurus Huxley p. 23 |
| 1870 | Teratosaurus Cope p. 90 |
| 1870 | Teratosaurus Huxley p. 34 |
| 1871 | Teratosaurus Cope p. 234 |
| 1875 | Teratosaurus Cope p. 13 |
| 1882 | Teratosaurus Marsh |
| 1882 | Teratosaurus Sauvage p. 35 |
| 1884 | Teratosaurus Dollo p. 298 |
| 1884 | Teratosaurus Marsh p. 69 |
| 1884 | Teratosaurus Vetter p. 363 |
| 1885 | Teratosaurus Marsh p. 765 |
| 1895 | Teratosaurus Marsh |
| 1896 | Teratosaurus Marsh p. 239 |
| 1902 | Teratosaurus Huene |
| 1908 | Teratosaurus Huene p. 252 |
| 1909 | Teratosaurus Huene p. 14 |
| 1911 | Teratosaurus von Zittel p. 279 |
| 1914 | Teratosaurus Huene p. 14 |
| 1923 | Teratosaurus Huene p. 450 fig. 3 |
| 1926 | Teratosaurus Huene p. 104 |
| 1928 | Teratosaurus Nopcsa p. 183 |
| 1938 | Teratosaurus Berckhemer p. 196 |
| 1939 | Teratosaurus Kuhn p. 58 |
| 1956 | Teratosaurus Romer p. 615 |
| 1960 | Teratosaurus Lapparent p. 25 |
| 1964 | Teratosaurus Tatarinov p. 535 |
| 1964 | Teratosaurus Walker p. 106 |
| 1966 | Teratosaurus Romer p. 370 |
| 1967 | Teratosaurus Charig p. 714 |
| 1970 | Teratosaurus Steel p. 26 |
| 1970 | Teratosaurus Swinton p. 139 |
| 1971 | Teratosaurus Kuhn p. 16 |
| 1973 | Teratosaurus Benedetto |
| 1981 | Teratosaurus McIntosh p. 7 |
| 1984 | Teratosaurus Welles p. 177 |
| 1985 | Teratosaurus Galton |
| 1986 | Teratosaurus Battail p. 48 |
| 1986 | Teratosaurus Benton p. 294 |
| 1988 | Teratosaurus Carroll |
| 1993 | Teratosaurus Parrish p. 302 |
| 1995 | Teratosaurus Long and Murry p. 119 |
| 2005 | Teratosaurus Sulej p. 79 |
| 2007 | Teratosaurus Weinbaum and Hungerbühler p. 141 |
| 2009 | Teratosaurus Brusatte et al. p. 222 |
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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.
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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Induan - Smithian | India (West Bengal) | T. bengalensis (117188) | |
| Middle Triassic | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Zanclodon schutzii (77928) | |
| Norian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | T. suevicus (47785) |