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Paracyclotosaurus
Taxonomy
Paracyclotosaurus was named by Watson (1958). It is not extant. Its type is Paracyclotosaurus morganorum.
It was assigned to Capitosauridae by Ingavat and Janvier (1981), Carroll (1988); to Paracyclotosauridae by Schoch and Milner (2000); to Capitosauroidea by Schoch (2013); and to Mastodonsauridae by Damiani (2001), Damiani and Hancox (2003), Damiani and Rubidge (2003), Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Capitosauridae by Ingavat and Janvier (1981), Carroll (1988); to Paracyclotosauridae by Schoch and Milner (2000); to Capitosauroidea by Schoch (2013); and to Mastodonsauridae by Damiani (2001), Damiani and Hancox (2003), Damiani and Rubidge (2003), Poropat et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Paracyclotosaurus Watson pp. 237-254 figs. Fig. 1-13, Pl. 27-31 |
| 1981 | Paracyclotosaurus Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 |
| 1988 | Paracyclotosaurus Carroll |
| 2000 | Paracyclotosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 148 |
| 2001 | Paracyclotosaurus Damiani p. 412 |
| 2003 | Paracyclotosaurus Damiani and Hancox p. 55 |
| 2003 | Paracyclotosaurus Damiani and Rubidge p. 28 |
| 2013 | Paracyclotosaurus Schoch |
| 2023 | Paracyclotosaurus Poropat et al. p. 137 |
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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.
G. †Paracyclotosaurus Watson 1958
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†Paracyclotosaurus crookshanki Mukherjee and Sengupta 1998
†Paracyclotosaurus davidi Watson 1958
†Paracyclotosaurus morganorum Damiani and Hancox 2003
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, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Parotosuchus crookshanki (136645) | |
| Anisian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | P. morganorum (96327) | |
| Anisian | Australia (New South Wales) | P. davidi (38348) |