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Megalosaurus (Poekilopleuron)
Taxonomy
Poekilopleuron was named by Eudes-Deslongchamps (1837). Its type is Poikilopleuron bucklandii.
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurus by Vetter (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Mansel-Pleydell (1888), Lydekker (1888), Zittel (1890), Woodward and Sherborn (1890), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Hay (1902), Huene (1923), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970) and Paul (1988); it was reranked as Megalosaurus (Poekilopleuron) by Bigot and Cardinet (1938); it was misspelled as Poikilopleuron by Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Huene (1914), Piveteau (1923), Nopcsa (1928), Carroll (1988), Kurzanov (1989), Allain and Chure (2002), Rauhut (2003), Holtz et al. (2004), Mateus (2006), Carrano et al. (2012) and Hanson and Makovicky (2013); it was corrected as Poikilopleuron by Bakker et al. (1992) and Rauhut et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Reptilia by Eudes-Deslongchamps (1837); to Lacertilia by Owen (1841); to Pleurosauri by Fitzinger (1843); to Dactylopodes by Meyer (1845); to Crocodilidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Sauria by Quenstedt (1852); to Crocodilia by Owen (1842) and Owen (1854); to Amphicoelia by Owen (1860) and Owen (1861); to Goniopoda by Cope (1869); to Dinosauria by Leidy (1873); to Coelospondilia by Owen (1876); to Ornithoscelida by Williston (1878); to Plateosauridae by Huene (1909) and von Zittel (1911); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1914); to Megalosaurus by Bigot and Cardinet (1938); to Torvosauridae by Kurzanov (1989); to Megalosaurinidae by Huxley (1870) and Bakker et al. (1992); to Spinosauroidea by Allain and Chure (2002); to Tetanurae by Rauhut (2003); to Megalosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928) and Holtz et al. (2004); to Eustreptospondylidae by Mateus (2006); to Afrovenatorinae by Carrano et al. (2012); to Megalosauridae by Piveteau (1923), Carroll (1988) and Hanson and Makovicky (2013); and to Eustreptospondylinae by Rauhut et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurus by Vetter (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Mansel-Pleydell (1888), Lydekker (1888), Zittel (1890), Woodward and Sherborn (1890), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Hay (1902), Huene (1923), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970) and Paul (1988); it was reranked as Megalosaurus (Poekilopleuron) by Bigot and Cardinet (1938); it was misspelled as Poikilopleuron by Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Huene (1914), Piveteau (1923), Nopcsa (1928), Carroll (1988), Kurzanov (1989), Allain and Chure (2002), Rauhut (2003), Holtz et al. (2004), Mateus (2006), Carrano et al. (2012) and Hanson and Makovicky (2013); it was corrected as Poikilopleuron by Bakker et al. (1992) and Rauhut et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Reptilia by Eudes-Deslongchamps (1837); to Lacertilia by Owen (1841); to Pleurosauri by Fitzinger (1843); to Dactylopodes by Meyer (1845); to Crocodilidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Sauria by Quenstedt (1852); to Crocodilia by Owen (1842) and Owen (1854); to Amphicoelia by Owen (1860) and Owen (1861); to Goniopoda by Cope (1869); to Dinosauria by Leidy (1873); to Coelospondilia by Owen (1876); to Ornithoscelida by Williston (1878); to Plateosauridae by Huene (1909) and von Zittel (1911); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1914); to Megalosaurus by Bigot and Cardinet (1938); to Torvosauridae by Kurzanov (1989); to Megalosaurinidae by Huxley (1870) and Bakker et al. (1992); to Spinosauroidea by Allain and Chure (2002); to Tetanurae by Rauhut (2003); to Megalosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928) and Holtz et al. (2004); to Eustreptospondylidae by Mateus (2006); to Afrovenatorinae by Carrano et al. (2012); to Megalosauridae by Piveteau (1923), Carroll (1988) and Hanson and Makovicky (2013); and to Eustreptospondylinae by Rauhut et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1837 | Poekilopleuron Eudes-Deslongchamps |
1841 | Poecilopleuron Owen p. 273 |
1842 | Poikilopleuron Owen p. 84 |
1843 | Poecilopleuron Fitzinger p. 61 |
1845 | Poecilopleuron Meyer p. 280 |
1849 | Poecilopleuron d'Orbigny p. 206 |
1852 | Poecilopleuron Quenstedt p. 119 |
1854 | Poikilopleuron Owen p. 15 |
1860 | Poecilopleuron Owen p. 271 |
1861 | Poecilopleuron Owen p. 300 |
1869 | Poecilopleurum Cope |
1870 | Poekilopleuron Huxley p. 34 |
1873 | Poicilopleuron Leidy p. 267 |
1876 | Poikilopleuron Owen p. 1 figs. Pl. 1 |
1878 | Poikelopleuron Williston p. 46 |
1909 | Poikilopleuron Huene p. 14 |
1911 | Poikilopleuron von Zittel p. 279 |
1914 | Poikilopleuron Huene p. 157 |
1923 | Poikilopleuron Piveteau p. 6 |
1928 | Poikilopleuron Nopcsa p. 183 |
1938 | Megalosaurus (Poekilopleuron) Bigot and Cardinet p. 39 |
1988 | Poekilopleuron Carroll |
1989 | Poekilopleuron Kurzanov p. 4 |
1992 | Poikilopleuron Bakker et al. p. 3 |
2002 | Poekilopleuron Allain and Chure p. 1107 |
2003 | Poekilopleuron Rauhut p. 126 fig. 51 |
2004 | Poekilopleuron Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72 |
2006 | Poekilopleuron Mateus p. 226 |
2012 | Poekilopleuron Carrano et al. p. 251 |
2013 | Poekilopleuron Hanson and Makovicky p. 781 |
2016 | Poikilopleuron Rauhut et al. p. 38 |
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Subg. †Megalosaurus (Poekilopleuron) Eudes-Deslongchamps 1837
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†Poecilopleuron minor Owen 1878
†Poekilopleuron bucklandii Eudes-Deslongchamps 1837
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Invalid names: Megalosaurus poikilopleuron Huene 1923 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available