- Brithopus
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This article is about the mammal-like "reptile" species. For the diverse group of prehistoric reptiles, see Dinosaur. For the 1960 science fiction film, see Dinosaurus!.
Brithopus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Synapsida Order: Therapsida Family: †Brithopodidae Genus: †Brithopus Species: †B. priscus Binomial name Brithopus priscus Synonyms Rhopalodon murchisoni Fischer, 1845 Dinosaurus murchisoni (Fischer, 1845) [originally Rhopalodon]
Brithopus is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsid.
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Dinosaurus
Dinosaurus, a junior synonym of Brithopus, was first described in 1845 by Johann Fischer von Waldheim, first as a species of Rhopalodon (R. murchisoni), and assigned to its own genus by Fischer in 1847.[1]
The name "Dinosaurus" was later used by Ludwig Rütimeyer (1856) for a dubious genus of prosauropod dinosaur, which he named Dinosaurus gresslyi. However, the name was found to be preoccupied by the therapsid. The prosauropod was re-named Gresslyosaurus ingens, and is now considered a junior synonym of Plateosaurus.
References
- ^ Fischer de Waldheim, J. (1847). "Notice sur quelques Sauriens de l'Oolithe du Gouvernement de Simbirsk." Bulletin de la Societe des Naturalistes de Moscou, Tome XX pt l (Rhinosaurus Jasikovü, Ool.)
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