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Plateosauria

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Plateosauria Tornier
1964Plateosauria Colbert p. 20 fig. 6
1970Plateosauria Colbert p. 27
1974Plateosauria Haubold p. 41
1983Plateosauria Zhao p. 296
1997Plateosauria Sereno p. 444
1998Plateosauria Sereno p. 63
1999Plateosauria Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2001Plateosauria Galton p. 490
2004Plateosauria Galton and Upchurch p. 249 fig. 12.11
2005Plateosauria Galton et al. p. 30
2007Plateosauria Smith and Pol p. 668 fig. 7
2007Plateosauria Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3
2009Plateosauria Martínez p. 162 fig. 22
2010Plateosauria Yates p. 750
2011Plateosauria Apaldetti et al. p. 16 fig. 13
2011Plateosauria Novas et al. p. 341 fig. 4
2019Plateosauria Langer et al. p. 56–57

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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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Bagualosauria
Plateosauria()
Plateosauria()

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.

Unr. †Plateosauria Tornier 1913
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Unr. †Anchisauria Galton and Upchurch 2004
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Unr. †Prosauropoda Huene 1920 [prosauropod]
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Fm. †Anchisauridae Marsh 1885 [anchisaurid]
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G. †Actiosaurus Sauvage 1883
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Actiosaurus gaudryi Sauvage 1883
G. †Ammosaurus Marsh 1891
G. †Gyposaurus Broom 1911
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Gyposaurus sinensis Young 1940
G. †Senqutrisauropus Ellenberger 1970
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Senqutrisauropus priscus Ellenberger 1970
Invalid names: Amphisauridae Marsh 1882 [synonym], Gryponichidae Huene 1932 [synonym], Palaeosauridae Huene 1932 [synonym]
G. †Barrancapus Hunt et al. 1993
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Barrancapus cresapi Hunt et al. 1993
Fm. †Otozoidae Lull 1904
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G. †Evazoum Nicosia and Loi 2003
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Evazoum gatewayensis Lockley and Lucas 2013
Evazoum sirigui Nicosia and Loi 2003
G. †Kalosauropus Ellenberger 1970
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Kalosauropus masitisii Ellenberger 1970
Kalosauropus pollex Ellenberger 1970
G. †Otozoum Hitchcock 1847
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Otozoum caudatum Hitchcock 1871
Otozoum grandcombensis Gand et al. 2000
Otozoum minus Lull 1915
Otozoum moodii Hitchcock 1847
G. †Pseudotetrasauropus Ellenberger 1965
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Pseudotetrasauropus andusiensis Ellenberger 1965
Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida Ellenberger 1970
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Invalid names: Pseudotetrasauropus augustus Ellenberger 1970 [synonym]
Pseudotetrasauropus jaquesi Ellenberger 1970
Invalid names: Pseudotetrasauropus lehmani Ellenberger 1965 [nomen nudum], Pseudotetrasauropus mekalingensis Ellenberger 1970 [nomen dubium]
G. †Rotodactylopus Ellenberger 1970
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Rotodactylopus archaeus Ellenberger 1970
G. †Tetrasauropus Ellenberger 1970
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Tetrasauropus unguiferus Ellenberger 1970
G. †Yimenosaurus Bai et al. 1990
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Yimenosaurus youngi Bai et al. 1990
Invalid names: Aetonyx Broom 1911 [nomen dubium], Aetonyx palustris Broom 1911 [nomen dubium], Agrosaurus Seeley 1891 [nomen dubium], Aristosaurus Van Hoepen 1920 [nomen dubium], Aristosaurus erectus Van Hoepen 1920 [nomen dubium], Dimodosaurus Pidancet and Chopard 1862 [nomen dubium], Dromicosaurus Van Hoepen 1920 [nomen dubium], Dromicosaurus gracilis Van Hoepen 1920 [nomen dubium], Euskelesauridae Ellenberger 1970 [empty], Euskelosaurus africanus Haughton 1924 [nomen dubium], Fulengia Carroll and Galton 1977 [nomen dubium], Gigantoscelus Van Hoepen 1916 [nomen dubium], Gresslyosaurus Rütimeyer 1856 [nomen dubium], Gryponyx Broom 1911 [nomen dubium], Gryponyx africanus Broom 1911 [nomen dubium], Gryponyx taylori Haughton 1924 [nomen dubium], Gryponyx transvaalensis Broom 1912 [nomen dubium], Gyposaurus capensis Broom 1911 [nomen dubium], Hortalotarsus Seeley 1894 [nomen dubium], Hortalotarsus skirtopodus Seeley 1892 [nomen dubium], Leptospondylus Owen 1854 [nomen dubium], Massospondylus browni Seeley 1892 [nomen dubium], Massospondylus harriesi Broom 1911 [nomen dubium], Massospondylus schwarzi Haughton 1924 [nomen dubium], Mussauridae Bonaparte and Vince 1979 [empty], Orinosaurus Lydekker 1889 [nomen dubium], Orinosaurus capensis Lydekker 1889 [nomen dubium], Pachysauriscus Kuhn 1959 [nomen dubium], Pachysaurops Huene 1959 [nomen dubium], Pachysaurus Huene 1905 [nomen dubium], Pachyspondylus Owen 1854 [nomen dubium], Plateosauravidae Huene 1929 [empty], Plateosaurus stormbergensis Broom 1915 [nomen dubium], Pseudotetrasauropus acutunguis Ellenberger 1970 [nomen dubium], Pseudotetrasauropus curtus Ellenberger 1972 [nomen dubium], Pseudotetrasauropus elegans Ellenberger 1970 [nomen dubium], Pseudotetrasauropus francisci Ellenberger 1970 [nomen dubium], Tawasaurus Young 1982 [nomen dubium], Teratosaurus trossingensis Huene 1908 [nomen dubium], Thecodontosaurus dubius Haughton 1924 [nomen dubium], Thecodontosaurus minor Haughton 1918 [nomen dubium], Yunnanosauridae Young 1942 [empty], Zanclodon bavaricus Sandberger 1894 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Melanorosauridae Huene 1929 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available