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Hamatopus

Reptilia - Rhynchocephalia

Taxonomy
Hamatopus was named by Lilienstern (1939).

It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchosauroides by Baird (1957) and Demathieu (1966).

It was assigned to Lacertilia by Kuhn (1958); and to Rhynchocephalia by Kuhn (1963).

Species lacking formal opinion data
H. wildfeueri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Hamatopus Lilienstern p. 319
1958Hamatopus Kuhn p. 20
1963Hamatopus Kuhn p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
orderRhynchocephalia
genusHamatopusLilienstern 1939

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. †Hamatopus Lilienstern 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available