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Pholidosauridae
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Nominal Author | Zittel and Eastman 1902 |
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Taxon Status | ACTIVE |
Comments | Pholidosauridae is here defined to unite taxa more closely related to Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis Meyer 1841 than to other clades of crocodyliforms. The active definition is stem-based and uses the nominotypical species as an internal specifier. There are no previous definitions in the literature. Pholidosauridae Zittel and Eastman 1902 includes dyrosaurines and precedes the familial taxon Dyrosauridae Broili 1923. Pholidosauridae is sometimes attributed to Williston (1902) in Zittel and Eastman (e.g. Kuhn 1967). Here I follow Buffetaut (1981:34) in his discussion and attribution of the taxon to Zittel and Eastman (1902). |
Potential Synonomy | Pholadosauridées (Bergounioux 1955, spelling variant), Dyrosauridae |
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Active Definition |
The most inclusive clade containing Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis Meyer 1841 but not Alligatorellus beaumonti Gervais 1871, Peirosaurus torminni Price 1955, Araripesuchus gomesii Price 1959, Notosuchus terrestris Woodward 1896, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768).
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> Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis but not Alligatorellus beaumonti, Peirosaurus torminni, Araripesuchus gomesii, Notosuchus terrestris, Crocodylus niloticus |
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Sereno 2005 |
Definition Status | ORIGINAL |
Definition Type | STEM |
Node-Stem Triplet | NO |
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Pholidosaurus schaumbergensis |
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Alligatorellus beaumonti, Peirosaurus torminni, Araripesuchus gomesii, Notosuchus terrestris, Crocodylus niloticus
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