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Zanclodontidae (disused)

Reptilia - Zanclodontidae

Taxonomy
Zanclodontidae was named by Marsh (1882).

It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurinidae by Lydekker (1888); it was synonymized subjectively with Plateosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896) and Steel (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Teratosauridae by Kuhn (1946), Romer (1956) and Walker (1964).

It was assigned to Megalosauria by Baur (1891); to Dinosauria by Fraas (1900); to Theropoda by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885) and Huene (1908); to Saurischia by Arldt (1909) and Huene (1909); to Therophagi by Jaekel (1914); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1914) and Matthew (1915); to Theropoda by Dollo (1884), Zittel (1890), Huene (1902), Sauvage (1907) and Lull (1924); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1929); to Zanclodontoidae by Hay (1930); to Carnosauria by Roxo (1937) and Colbert (1961); to Prolacertilia by Kuhn (1966); and to Squamata by Kuhn (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Zanclodontidae Marsh
1882Zanclodontidae Sauvage p. 35
1884Zanclodontidae Dollo p. 298
1884Zanclodontidae Marsh p. 69
1884Zanclodontidae Vetter p. 363
1885Zanclodontidae Marsh p. 764
1890Zanclodontidae Zittel p. 719
1891Zanclodontidae Baur p. 450
1900Zanclodontidae Fraas p. 512
1902Zanclodontidae Huene
1907Zanclodontidae Sauvage p. 9
1908Zanclodontidae Huene p. 307
1909Zanclodontidae Arldt p. 262
1909Zanclodontidae Huene p. 13
1914Zanclodontidae Huene p. 14
1914Zanclodontidae Jaekel p. 197
1915Zanclodontidae Matthew p. 32
1924Zanclodontidae Lull p. 229
1929Zanclodontidae Huene p. 270
1930Zanclodontidae Hay p. 168
1937Zanclodontidae Roxo p. 65
1961Zanclodontidae Colbert p. 76
1966Zanclodontidae Kuhn p. 43
1971Zanclodontidae Kuhn p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
familyZanclodontidaeMarsh 1882
familyZanclodontidaeMarsh 1882

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.

Fm. †Zanclodontidae Marsh 1882
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. A. v. Zittel 1890Wirbel amphicöl und massiv. Schambeine distal stark ausgebreitet. Ischia breit, stärker als die Schambeine. Hand und Fuss fünfzehig.
R. S. Lull 1924Skull large, containing knife-like teeth, bending backward but not possessing marginal serrations; anterior dorsals having small centra, but high, strong spines.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available