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Taxon: Genus †Parasuchus Lydekker, 1885 (reptile)
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Authorship

Unavailable original name Huxley, 1870. Quart. J. Geol. Soc. 26: 49. [nom. nud.].
Original name Lydekker, 1885. Palaeontologia Indica (4) 1 (5): 22.

Gender

Masculine Ref: ICZN, 2003. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 60 (2): Ruling (2) (p. 174).

Attributes

Nomen dubium (nom. dub.) Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991. Mesozoic Meanderings (no. 2): 47 (Hunt & Lucas, 1991).
Nomen dubium (nom. dub.) Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991. Mesozoic Meanderings (no. 2): 47 ("Huxley, 1870 [nomen dubium]").
Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12 [before 1931], 13 [after 1930], G] Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]. Nomencl. Zool.: [19 Dec 2008] ("Huxley 1870", "[n.n.]").
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: ICZN, 2003. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 60 (2): Ruling (2) (p. 174: "Lydekker, 1885"). [new]

Types

Type ofParasuchidae (Family) Lydekker, 1885 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 47. [inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Parasuchus (Subgenus) Lydekker, 1885 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 47 (Chatterjee, 1978); 27 Oct 2025. [inferred]
Type, by monotypyParasuchus hislopi Lydekker, 1885 Ref: ICZN, 2003: Ruling (2) (p. 174).

Variants

Unavailable nameParasuchus (Genus) Huxley, 1870, nom. nud. Ref: Wikimedia, 2001-present: Parasuchus, 6 May 2023.
Former rankParasuchus (Subgenus) Lydekker, 1885 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 47; Paleofile[11 Jul 2026]. [implicit]

Synonyms

Probably Accepted namePaleorhinus (Genus) Williston, 1904 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 47 ("probable") (Hunt & Lucas, 1991).
Synonymous nameArganarhinus (Genus) Long & Murry, 1995 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous nameEbrachosuchus (Genus) Kuhn, 1936, nom. dub. Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619).
Synonymous nameFrancosuchus (Genus) Kuhn, 1932, nom. dub. Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619).
Synonymous nameMesorhinus (Genus) Jaekel, 1910, nom. illeg. Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Questionably IncludingMesorhinosuchus (Genus) Kuhn, 1961 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619: "?").
IncludingPaleorhinus (Genus) Williston, 1904 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 47 (Chatterjee, 1978).
IncludingPaleorhinus (Genus) Williston, 1904 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619); PBDB(3 Sep 2021); Paleofile[11 Jul 2026].
IncludingPaleorhinus (Subgenus) Williston, 1904 Ref: T.L. Ford, 2005-present: [11 Jul 2026].
Questionably IncludingPromystriosuchus (Genus) Case, 1922 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619).
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