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Cardiodon
Taxonomy
Cardiodon was named by Owen (1841). Its type is Cardiodon rugulosus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetiosaurus by Dollo (1889), Zittel (1890), Nopcsa (1901), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970) and Swinton (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by McIntosh (1990).
It was assigned to Crocodilia by Owen (1841); to Sauropoda by Winkler (1893); to Sauropoda by Marsh (1895); to Cardiodontidae by Marsh (1896), Marsh (1898), Sauvage (1900) and Sauvage (1906); to Cetiosaurinae by Kuhn (1939); to Cetiosauridae by Delair (1973); and to Eusauropoda by Upchurch et al. (2004) and Naish and Martill (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetiosaurus by Dollo (1889), Zittel (1890), Nopcsa (1901), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970) and Swinton (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by McIntosh (1990).
It was assigned to Crocodilia by Owen (1841); to Sauropoda by Winkler (1893); to Sauropoda by Marsh (1895); to Cardiodontidae by Marsh (1896), Marsh (1898), Sauvage (1900) and Sauvage (1906); to Cetiosaurinae by Kuhn (1939); to Cetiosauridae by Delair (1973); and to Eusauropoda by Upchurch et al. (2004) and Naish and Martill (2007).
Species
C. rugulosus (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1841 | Cardiodon Owen p. 291 |
1893 | Cardiodon Winkler p. 101 |
1895 | Cardiodon Marsh |
1896 | Cardiodon Marsh p. 242 |
1898 | Cardiodon Marsh p. 158 |
1900 | Cardiodon Sauvage p. 503 |
1906 | Cardiodon Sauvage p. 498 |
1939 | Cardiodon Kuhn p. 85 |
1973 | Cardiodon Delair p. 4 |
2004 | Cardiodon Upchurch et al. p. 298 |
2007 | Cardiodon Naish and Martill p. 497 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available