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Sphenosuchidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Sphenosuchidae was named by Huene (1922). Its type is Sphenosuchus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Erpetosuchidae by Kuhn (1946); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Crocodilomorphi by Clark et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Archosauria by Haughton (1924); to Procrocodilia by Nopcsa (1928); to Pseudosuchia by Huene (1922), Huene (1942), Haughton and Brink (1954) and Romer (1956); to Ornithosuchoidea by Kuhn (1964); to Sphenosuchoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Sphenosuchia by Carroll (1988); to Crocodilomorphi by Sues et al. (2003); and to Crocodylomorpha by Gohlich et al. (2005).
It was synonymized subjectively with Erpetosuchidae by Kuhn (1946); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Crocodilomorphi by Clark et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Archosauria by Haughton (1924); to Procrocodilia by Nopcsa (1928); to Pseudosuchia by Huene (1922), Huene (1942), Haughton and Brink (1954) and Romer (1956); to Ornithosuchoidea by Kuhn (1964); to Sphenosuchoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Sphenosuchia by Carroll (1988); to Crocodilomorphi by Sues et al. (2003); and to Crocodylomorpha by Gohlich et al. (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Sphenosuchidae Huene p. 22 |
| 1924 | Sphenosuchidae Haughton |
| 1928 | Sphenosuchidae Nopcsa p. 186 |
| 1942 | Sphenosuchidae Huene p. 244 |
| 1954 | Sphenosuchidae Haughton and Brink p. 4 |
| 1956 | Sphenosuchidae Romer p. 594 |
| 1964 | Sphenosuchidae Kuhn p. 320 |
| 1966 | Sphenosuchidae Kuhn p. 74 |
| 1988 | Sphenosuchidae Carroll |
| 2003 | Sphenosuchidae Sues et al. |
| 2005 | Sphenosuchidae Gohlich et al. |
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Fm. †Sphenosuchidae Huene 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Sinemurian or 228.00000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norian | USA (Texas) | Sphenosuchidae indet. (13273) | |
| Norian | USA (New Mexico) | Hesperosuchus sp. (83738) Sphenosuchia indet. (89969) Sphenosuchidae indet. (48516) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | Sphenosuchidae indet. (48423 84017) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Sphenosuchidae indet. (46137) |