Talk:Rutiodon

Actually, Machaeroprosopus Mehl et. al., 1916 (type species: M. validus Mehl et. al., 1916) represents a pseudopalatine phytosaur, based on the description by Mehl et. al. (1916). However, the type specimen of Machaeroprosopus is lost (Ballew, 1989). Also, Metarhinus Jaekel, 1910 (preoccupied Osborn, 1908) was a new name for Belodon buceros Cope, 1881. Thus Machaeroprosopus and Metarhinus should be removed from synonymy with Rutiodon.

Ballew, K. L., 1989, A phylogenetic analysis of Phytosauria from the Late Triassic of western United States: In: Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, p. 309-339.

Mehl, M. G., Toepelmann, W. C., and Schwartz, 1916, New or Little Known Reptiles from the Trias of Arizona and New Mexico with Notes on the Fossil Bearing Horizons Near Wingate, New Mexico: Quarterly Bulletin the University of Oklahoma University Studies, Bulletin, new series, n. 103, Article 5, p. 1-44.

Jaekel, O., 1910, Uber einen neuen Belodonten aus dem Buntsandstein von Bernburg: Sitzungsberichte BayerischenAkademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Freunde Berlin,, n.5, p. 197-229.68.4.61.237 (talk) 18:48, 15 March 2008 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian 15 March 2008