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Trochosaurus

Therocephalia - Lycosuchidae

Taxonomy
Trochosaurus was named by Broom (1913). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913); and to Lycosuchidae by Boonstra (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Trochosaurus Broom
1969Trochosaurus Boonstra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
suborderLycosuchida
superfamilyLycosuchoideaNopcsa 1923
familyLycosuchidae
genusTrochosaurus

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. †Trochosaurus Broom 1913
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Trochosaurus dirus Broom 1936
Trochosaurus intermedius Haughton 1913
Trochosaurus major Broom 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available