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Taxon: Genus †Megadactylus Hitchcock, 1865, nom. illeg. (dinosaur)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Hitchcock, 1865, nom. praeocc.
Original name Hitchcock, 1865. Ichnol. N. Engl., Suppl., 39.

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN] Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]. Nomencl. Zool.: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]

Homonyms

Senior homonymMegadactylus (Genus) Fitzinger, 1843 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]
Junior homonymMegadactylus (Genus) Broili, 1929, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]

Synonyms

Accepted nameAnchisaurus (Genus) Marsh, 1885 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621); PBDB(21 Mar 2022).
Replacement nameAmphisaurus (Genus) Marsh, 1877, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
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