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Opisthodactylus
Taxonomy
Opisthodactylus was named by Ameghino (1891). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Opisthodactylidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Houde (1988) and Carroll (1988); and to Rheidae by Degrange et al. (2012), Noriega et al. (2017) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Opisthodactylidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Houde (1988) and Carroll (1988); and to Rheidae by Degrange et al. (2012), Noriega et al. (2017) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Opisthodactylus Ameghino |
| 1933 | Opisthodactylus Lambrecht p. 514 |
| 1960 | Opisthodactylus Wetmore p. 27 |
| 1988 | Opisthodactylus Carroll |
| 1988 | Opisthodactylus Houde |
| 2012 | Opisthodactylus Degrange et al. |
| 2017 | Opisthodactylus Noriega et al. p. 4 |
| 2023 | Opisthodactylus Tambussi et al. p. 264 |
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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. †Opisthodactylus Ameghino 1891
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†Opisthodactylus horacioperezi Agnolin and Chafrat 2015
†Opisthodactylus kirchneri Noriega et al. 2017
†Opisthodactylus patagonicus Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available