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Lydekkerinidae
Taxonomy
Lydekkerinidae was named by Watson (1919).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Stereospondyli by Schoch (2013).
It was assigned to Rachitomi by Watson (1919); to Rhachitomi by Kuhn (1946); to Rhinesuchoidea by Carroll (1988); to Capitosauroidea by Shishkin et al. (1996), Shishkin et al. (2000); to Rhytidostea by Schoch and Milner (2000); to Stereospondyli by Damiani and Rubidge (2003), Jeannot et al. (2006); and to Superstes by Eltink et al. (2019).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Stereospondyli by Schoch (2013).
It was assigned to Rachitomi by Watson (1919); to Rhachitomi by Kuhn (1946); to Rhinesuchoidea by Carroll (1988); to Capitosauroidea by Shishkin et al. (1996), Shishkin et al. (2000); to Rhytidostea by Schoch and Milner (2000); to Stereospondyli by Damiani and Rubidge (2003), Jeannot et al. (2006); and to Superstes by Eltink et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1919 | Lydekkerinidae Watson p. 66 |
| 1946 | Lydekkerinidae Kuhn p. 52 |
| 1969 | Lydekkerina panchetensis Tripathi p. 18 |
| 1969 | Indobenthosuchus Tripathi p. 22 |
| 1969 | Indobenthosuchus panchetensis Tripathi p. 22 |
| 1988 | Lydekkerinidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Lydekkerinidae Shishkin et al. p. 1637 |
| 1996 | Indobenthosuchus Shishkin et al. p. 1651 |
| 2000 | Lydekkerinidae Schoch and Milner p. 75 |
| 2000 | Lydekkerinidae Shishkin et al. |
| 2003 | Lydekkerinidae Damiani and Rubidge p. 26 |
| 2006 | Lydekkerinidae Jeannot et al. p. 823 |
| 2019 | Lydekkerinidae Eltink et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Lydekkerinidae Watson 1919
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G. †Luzocephalus Shishkin 1980
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†Luzocephalus blomi Shishkin 1980
†Luzocephalus johanssoni Säve-Söderbergh 1935
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Invalid names: Lyrocephalus rapax Säve-Söderbergh 1935 [synonym]
†Luzocephalus kochi Säve-Söderbergh 1935
G. †Lydekkerina Broom 1915
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†Lydekkerina huxleyi Lydekker 1889
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Invalid names: Limnoiketes paludinatans Parrington 1948 [synonym], Lydekkerina dutoiti Broom 1930 [synonym], Putterillia platyceps Broom 1930 [synonym]
Invalid names: Broomulus Romer 1947 [synonym], Limnoiketes Parrington 1948 [synonym], Lydekkerina kitchingi Broom 1950 [nomen dubium], Putterillia Broom 1915 [synonym]
Invalid names: Indobenthosuchus Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium], Indobenthosuchus panchetensis Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium], Lydekkerina panchetensis Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Induan or 259.90000 to 251.20000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Lydekkerina kitchingi (80178) | |
| Induan | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Lydekkerinidae indet. (195805) | |
| Induan | Greenland (Northeast Greenland National Park) | Lyrocephalus johanssoni (143872) Lyrocephalus kochi (143871 143874) Lyrocephalus rapax (143873) | |
| Induan | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Lydekkerina huxleyi (143714) | |
| Induan | Australia (Queensland) | Lydekkerina huxleyi (136409) | |
| Induan | Australia (Tasmania) | Chomatobatrachus halei (117149 136589 136590 136591 136592 136594) | |
| Induan | South Africa (Free State) | Bothriceps huxleyi (143692) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | Eolydekkerina magna (98602) Lydekkerina sp., Lydekkerina huxleyi, Limnoiketes paludinatans, Putterillia platyceps, Lydekkerina dutoiti (88282) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Lydekkerina sp. (34815) | |
| Induan - Smithian | India (West Bengal) | Indobenthosuchus panchetensis (175176) Lydekkerina panchetensis (136563) | |
| Induan - Smithian | Madagascar (Diana) | Deltacephalus whitei (144038) | |
| Vokhmian | Russian Federation (Kirov) | Luzocephalus blomi (187383) |