Rhynchosauridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhynchosauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Divisio: †Unspecified Archosauromorpha Division Ordo: Rhynchosauria

Familia: Rhynchosauridae
Subfamiliae: †Hyperodapedontinae – †Rhynchosaurinae – †Stenaulorhynchinae

Overview of genera (13)

†Ammorhynchus – †Beesiiwo – †Bentonyx – †Brasinorhynchus – †Fodonyx – †Hyperodapedon – †Isalorhynchus – †Langeronyx – †Mesodapedon – †Otischalkia – †Rhynchosaurus – †Stenaulorhynchus – †Teyumbaita

Name

Rhynchosauridae Cope, 1871

References

Primary references

• Cope, E. D. 1871. On the homologies of some of the cranial bones of the Reptilia, and on the systematic arrangement of the class. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 19: 194–247

Additional references

• Hone, D.W.E.; Benton, M.J. 2008: A new genus of rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of south-west England. Palaeontology, 51(1): 95–115. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00739.x
• Langer, M.C.; Montefeltro, F.C.; Hone, D.E.; Whatley, R.; Schultz, C.L. 2010: On Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon. Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 30(6): 1884–1888. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.521901

Links

• Rhynchosauridae – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

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