This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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Corresponding author (Name, Year)
Broom, 1906
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scientific
Proterosuchidae
Alternative Name
Chasmatosauridae
Synonym: Haughton 1924
scientific
Garjainiidae
Ochev, 1958
Ref.: O. Kuhn. 1964. Ungelöste Probleme der Stammesgeschichte der Amphibien und Reptilien Unsolved problems of the phylogeny of amphibians and reptiles. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 118/119:293-325
scientific
Vjushkoviidae
Huene, 1960
Ref.: C.-C. Young. 1973. On the occurrence of Vjushkovia in Sinkiang. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (I): Permo-Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Turfan Basin. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia
Detailed description
Der langgestreckte Körper der Proterosuchidae war krokodilartig, ihre Beine hielten die Tiere seitlich abgespreizt. Charakteristisch ist das den Unterkiefer überragende und überhängende Prämaxillare an der Spitze des Oberkiefers.
M. D. Ezcurra, 2016 - The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms - PeerJ (4), e1778- (journal article, English)
M. D. Ezcurra, 2015 - Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriforms (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the earliest Triassic of South Africa, and implications for the early archosauriform radiation - Palaeontology (58), 141-170 (journal article, English)
M. D. Ezcurra, 2013 - ‘Proterosuchia’: the origin and early history of Archosauriformes - Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin (379), - (book chapter, English)
D. J. Gower, 2000 - Early Archosaurs from Russia - The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (), 140-159 (book/book chapter, English)
R. L. Carroll, 1988 - - Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution (), 1-698 (compendium, English)
A. J. Charig, 1976 - Suborder Proterosuchia Broom 1906b - Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie (13), 11-39 (book/book chapter, English)
C.-C. Young, 1973 - [On the occurrence of Vjushkovia in Sinkiang] - Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (I): Permo-Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Turfan Basin. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica (10), 38-52 (journal article, Chinese)
A. J. Charig, 1970 - Classification of the Proterosuchia - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2), 125-171 (journal article, English)
O. W. M. Kuhn, 1966 - - Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.] (), 1-154 (book, German)
A. C. Hoffman, 1965 - On the discovery of a new thecodont from the Middle Beaufort Beds - Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein (2), 33-40 (journal article, English)
O. Kuhn, 1964 - Ungelöste Probleme der Stammesgeschichte der Amphibien und Reptilien [Unsolved problems of the phylogeny of amphibians and reptiles] - Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg (118/119), 293-325 (journal article, German)
R. Broom, 1946 - A new primitive proterosuchid reptile - Annals of the Transvaal Museum (20), 343-346 (journal article, English)
C.-C. Young, 1936 - On a new Chasmatosaurus from Sinkiang - Bulletin of the Geological Society of China (15), 291-311 (journal article, English)
S. H. Haughton, 1924 - On a new type of thecodont from the middle Beaufort Beds - Annals of the Transvaal Museum (11), 93-97 (journal article, English)
R. Broom, 1903 - On a new reptile (Proterosuchus fergusi) from the Karroo Beds of Tarkastad, South Africa - Annals of the South African Museum (4), 161-163 (journal article, English)