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Lonchorhynchinae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy

Lonchorhynchinae was named by Säve-Söderbergh (1935). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trematosauridae by Welles (1993), Schoch and Milner (2000), Fortuny et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Aphaneramma (syn. Lonchorhynchus), Cosgriffius, Denwasaurus, Erythrobatrachus, Glyptognathus, Glyptognathus fragilis, Gonioglyptus, Gonioglyptus longirostris, Panchetosaurus, Panchetosaurus panchetensis, Stoschiosaurus, Wantzosaurus (syn. Ifasaurus)

Synonyms

Gonioglyptus longirostris was named by Huxley (1865). Its type specimen is GSI 2135, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deoli, which is in an Induan/Smithian fluvial sandstone in the Panchet Formation of India.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Denwasaurus was named by Chatterjee and Hotton (1986).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Welles (1993).
Aphaneramminae was named by Hammer (1987). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lonchorhynchinae by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Glyptognathus was named by Lydekker (1882).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Glyptognathus fragilis was named by Lydekker (1882). Its type specimen is GSI 4290, a partial skull (Palatine), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deoli, which is in an Induan/Smithian fluvial sandstone in the Panchet Formation of India.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gonioglyptus longirostris by Tripathi (1969); it was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Panchetosaurus was named by Tripathi (1969).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000).

It was assigned to Seymouriamorpha by Tripathi (1969).
Panchetosaurus panchetensis was named by Tripathi (1969). Its type specimen is GSI 17878, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deoli, which is in an Induan/Smithian fluvial sandstone in the Panchet Formation of India.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Gonioglyptus was named by Huxley (1865).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000).

It was assigned to Trematosauridae by Warren and Black (1985), Carroll (1988); and to Lonchorhynchinae by Welles (1993).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1865	Gonioglyptus Huxley p. 5
1865	Gonioglyptus longirostris Huxley p. 5
1882	Glyptognathus Lydekker p. 27
1882	Glyptognathus fragilis Lydekker p. 27
1935	Lonchorhynchinae Säve-Söderbergh
1969	Gonioglyptus longirostris Tripathi
1969	Panchetosaurus Tripathi p. 36
1969	Panchetosaurus panchetensis Tripathi p. 36
1985	Gonioglyptus Warren and Black
1986	Denwasaurus Chatterjee and Hotton
1987	Aphaneramminae Hammer
1988	Gonioglyptus Carroll
1993	Lonchorhynchinae Welles
1993	Gonioglyptus Welles p. 3
2000	Lonchorhynchinae Schoch and Milner p. 111
2017	Lonchorhynchinae Fortuny et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
class	Amphibia

Rank	Name	Author
order	Temnospondyli	()
—	Eutemnospondyli
—	Rhachitomi	()
—	Eryopiformes
—	Stereospondylomorpha
—	Stereospondyli	()
—	Superstes
—	Trematosauria
superfamily	Trematosauroidea
family	Trematosauridae
subfamily	Lonchorhynchinae
subfamily	Lonchorhynchinae

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.

Subfm. †Lonchorhynchinae Säve-Söderbergh 1935

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G. †Aphaneramma Woodward 1904

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†Aphaneramma gavialimimus Fortuny et al. 2017

†Aphaneramma kokeni Huene 1920

†Aphaneramma rostratum Woodward 1904

Invalid names: Lonchorhynchus oebergi Wiman 1910 [synonym]

Invalid names: Lonchorhynchus Wiman 1910 [synonym]

G. †Cosgriffius Welles 1993

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†Cosgriffius campi Welles 1993

G. †Erythrobatrachus Cosgriff and Garbutt 1972

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†Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis Cosgriff and Garbutt 1972

G. †Stoschiosaurus Säve-Söderbergh 1935

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†Stoschiosaurus nielseni Säve-Söderbergh 1935

G. †Wantzosaurus Lehman 1961

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†Wantzosaurus elongatus Lehman 1961

Invalid names: Ifasaurus elongatus Lehman 1966 [synonym]

Invalid names: Ifasaurus Lehman 1966 [synonym]

Invalid names: Aphaneramminae Hammer 1987 [synonym], Denwasaurus Chatterjee and Hotton 1986 [nomen nudum], Glyptognathus Lydekker 1882 [nomen dubium], Glyptognathus fragilis Lydekker 1882 [nomen dubium], Gonioglyptus Huxley 1865 [nomen dubium], Gonioglyptus longirostris Huxley 1865 [nomen dubium], Panchetosaurus Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium], Panchetosaurus panchetensis Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilesubo

Life habit:

amphibioussubo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Dispersal:

waterc

Created:

2009-07-20 21:44:54

Modified:

2009-07-20 23:44:54

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Anisian or 251.90200 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (24 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Induan	251.902 - 249.9	Pakistan (Azad Jammu & Kashmir)	Gonioglyptus kokeni (136568)
Induan	251.902 - 249.9	South Africa (Free State)	Lonchorhynchinae indet. (144333)
Induan	251.902 - 249.9	Greenland (Northeast Greenland National Park)	Stoschiosaurus new species?, Stoschiosaurus nielseni (143870)
Induan - Smithian	251.902 - 248.1	Madagascar (Diana)	Aphaneramma gavialimimus (144100) Aphaneramma sp. (144089) Ifasaurus elongatus (144087) Wantzosaurus elongatus (144080)
Induan - Smithian	251.902 - 248.1	India (West Bengal)	Gonioglyptus longirostris (175172) Gonioglyptus longirostris, Glyptognathus fragilis, Panchetosaurus panchetensis (117188)
Induan - Olenekian	251.902 - 246.7	Australia (Western Australia)	Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis (136548)
Smithian	249.9 - 248.1	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Aphaneramma rostratum (120366 143886 144048) Aphaneramma rostratus (120232) Lonchorhynchus oebergi (120231 120372 143892) Lonchorhynchus oebergi, Aphaneramma rostratum (120228) Lonchorhynchus oebergi, Lonchorhynchus sp. (120230)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	USA (Arizona)	Cosgriffius campi (95105)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	Russian Federation (Primorye)	Aphaneramma sp. (47280 47293)
Spathian - Anisian	248.1 - 241.464	Algeria (Illizi)	Lonchorhynchinae indet. (107215)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	India	Lonchorhynchinae indet. (136646)