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Procolophonia

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Procolophonia was named by Seeley (1888) [Whether the taxon is extinct or not depends on exlusion or inclusion of turtles, respectively.]. It is not extant. Its type is Procolophonoidea. It was considered monophyletic by Laurin and Reisz (1995) and Lee (1997).

It was reranked as the order Procolophonia by Osborn (1903), Osborn (1904), Roxo (1937), Huene (1954), Olson (1962) and Olson (1966); it was reranked as the order Procolophonii by Jaekel (1910); it was corrected as Procolophonii by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the infraorder Procolophonia by Haughton and Brink (1954); it was reranked as the unranked clade Procolophonia by Gauthier et al. (1988), Gauthier et al. (1989), Laurin and Reisz (1995), deBraga and Reisz (1996), Lee (1997), Reisz and Scott (2002) and Modesto and Damiani (2003).

It was assigned to Diaptosauria by Osborn (1903) and Osborn (1904); to Protorosauria by Jaekel (1910); to Gephyrostegi by Jaekel (1911); to Cotylosauria by Broom (1913); to Cotylosauria by Roxo (1937); to Diadecta by Olson (1947); to Reptiliomorphoidea by Huene (1954); to Diadectimorpha by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Anapsida by Olson (1966); to Diadectomorpha by Kuhn (1966); to Cotylosauria by Daly (1973), Colbert and Kitching (1975) and Lavina (1983); to Captorhinida by Carroll (1988); to Amniota by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Parareptilia by Olson (1962), Gauthier et al. (1988) and Laurin and Reisz (1995); to Ankyramorpha by deBraga and Reisz (1996); to Procolophonomorpha by Lee (1997); to Helpme by Small (1997); to Parareptilia by Reisz and Scott (2002) and Modesto and Damiani (2003); and to Procolophonida by Ivakhnenko (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Procolophonia Seeley p. 383
1903Procolophonia Osborn p. 456
1904Procolophonia Osborn p. 108
1910Procolophonii Jaekel p. 332
1911Procolophonii Jaekel p. 138
1913Procolophonia Broom
1937Procolophonia Roxo p. 43
1947Procolophonia Olson pp. 44, 45
1954Procolophonia Haughton and Brink p. 3
1954Procolophonia Huene p. 21
1962Procolophonia Olson p. 95
1966Procolophonia Kuhn p. 16
1966Procolophonia Olson p. 301
1973Procolophonia Daly p. 586
1975Procolophonia Colbert and Kitching p. 3
1983Procolophonia Lavina p. 53
1988Procolophonia Carroll
1988Procolophonia Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.4
1989Procolophonia Gauthier et al. p. 340 fig. 5
1995Procolophonia Laurin and Reisz p. 172
1995Procolophoniformes Lee pp. 508, 511 fig. 22
1996Procolophonia deBraga and Reisz p. 385
1997Procolophonia Lee pp. 256, 260 fig. 22
1997Procolophonia Small p. 674
2002Procolophonia Reisz and Scott p. 244
2003Procolophonia Modesto and Damiani p. 54
2008Procolophonia Ivakhnenko p. 51

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
Procolophonomorpha()
Procolophonia()
Procolophonia()

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. †Procolophonia Seeley 1888
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Unr. †Hallucicrania Lee 1995
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Fm. †Lanthanosuchidae Efremov 1940
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G. †Lanthanosuchus Efremov 1940
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Lanthanosuchus watsoni Efremov 1946
Invalid names: Lanthanosuchus qualeni Efremov 1940 [nomen nudum]
Superfm. †Pareiasauroidea Nopsca 1928
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Unr. †Pareiasauria Seeley 1888
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G. †Anthodon Owen 1876
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Anthodon serrarius Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Anthodon minusculus Haughton 1932 [synonym], Propappus parvus Haughton 1913 [synonym]
G. †Arganaceras Jalil and Janvier 2005
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Arganaceras vacanti Jalil and Janvier 2005
G. †Bradysaurus Watson 1914
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Bradysaurus baini Seeley 1892
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Invalid names: Platyoropha broomi Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym]
Bradysaurus seeleyi Haughton and Boonstra 1929
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Invalid names: Bradysaurus vanderbyli Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym]
Invalid names: Bradysaurus whaitsi Broom 1914 [nomen dubium], Bradysuchus Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym], Platyoropha Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym]
G. †Bunostegos Sidor et al. 2003
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Bunostegos akokanensis Sidor et al. 2003
Fm. †Elginiidae Cope 1896
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G. †Elginia Newton 1893
G. †Obirkovia Bulanov and Yashina 2005
G. †Embrithosaurus Watson 1914
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Embrithosaurus schwarzi Watson 1914
G. †Nanoparia Broom 1936
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Nanoparia luckhoffi Broom 1936
G. †Nochelesaurus Haughton and Boonstra 1929
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Nochelesaurus alexanderi Haughton and Boonstra 1929
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Invalid names: Brachypareia watsoni Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym], Dolichopareia angusta Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dolichopareia Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym]
G. †Pachypes Leonardi et al. 1975
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Pachypes dolomiticus Leonardi et al. 1975
G. †Parasaurus von Meyer 1857
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Parasaurus geinitzi von Meyer 1857
Fm. †Pareiasauridae Lydekker 1889
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G. †Deltavjatia Lebedev 1987
G. †Provelosaurus Lee 1997
G. †Sanchuansaurus Gao 1989
G. †Scutosaurus Hartmann-Weinberg 1930
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Invalid names: Proelginia Hartmann-Weinberg 1937 [synonym]
G. †Shihtienfenia Young and Yeh 1963
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Invalid names: Huanghesaurus Gao 1983 [synonym], Shansisaurus Cheng 1980 [synonym]
G. †Pareiasaurus Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Anthodon gregoryi Broom 1930 [synonym], Anthodon nesemanni Broom 1940 [synonym], Pareiasaurus minor Seeley 1892 [synonym], Pareiasaurus pinnatus Olson and Broom 1937 [synonym], Pareiasaurus rubidgei Broom 1940 [synonym], Propappus omocratus Seeley [synonym], Propappus rogersi Broom 1912 [synonym]
Pareiasaurus whaitsi Broom 1914
Invalid names: Brachypareia Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym], Pareiasaurus henneni Case 1917 [nomen dubium], Propappus Seeley 1888 [synonym]
G. †Pareiasuchus Broom and Haughton 1913
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Pareiasuchus nasicornis Haughton and Boonstra 1929
Pareiasuchus peringueyi Broom and Haughton 1913
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Invalid names: Pareiasaurus pulcher Broom 1935 [synonym]
G. †Pumiliopareia Lee 1997
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Pumiliopareia pricei Broom and Robinson 1948
G. †Zhongjiania Yuan et al. 2010
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Invalid names: Honania Young 1979 [replaced]
Invalid names: Bradysauridae von Huene 1948 [empty], Koalemasaurus Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [nomen dubium], Pareiasaurus acutirostris Broom 1913 [nomen dubium], Pareiasaurus bombidens Owen 1876 [nomen vanum], Pareiasaurus russouwi Seeley 1892 [nomen dubium], Pareiasaurus steenkampensis Seeley 1908 [nomen dubium], Pareiasaurus strubeni Broom 1924 [nomen dubium], Rhipaeosauridae Chudinov 1955 [empty]
G. †Ruhuhuaria Tsuji et al. 2013
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Ruhuhuaria reiszi Tsuji et al. 2013
G. †Xenodiphyodon Sues and Olsen 1993
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Xenodiphyodon petraios Sues and Olsen 1993
Invalid names: Procolophoniformes Lee 1995 [synonym], Testudinomorpha Laurin and Reisz 1995 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available