Paleorhinus, WILLISTON, 1904

Butler, Richard J., Rauhut, Oliver W. M., Stocker, Michelle R. & Bronowicz, Robert, 2014, Redescription of the phytosaurs Paleorhinus (‘ Francosuchus’) angustifrons and Ebrachosuchus neukami from Germany, with implications for Late Triassic biochronology, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 (1), pp. 155-208 : 162

PALEORHINUS WILLISTON, 1904

Type species: Paleorhinus bransoni Williston, 1904 . Diagnosis: Characterized by the following autapomorphies: discrete anteroposteriorly extending row of 6–7 slightly raised nodes on the lateral surface of the jugal; low paired ridges on lateral surface of squamosal enclosing a shallow, slit-like fossa.

Comments: Paleorhinus is a historically problematic wastebasket taxon that is in need of a full revision that is beyond the scope of the present paper. Here, we merely report characters that appear to be uniquely shared between the genotype species, Paleorhinus bransoni , and ‘ Francosuchus ’ angustifrons and thus support referral of the latter to the genus Paleorhinus (see Phylogenetic Analysis, below). An assessment of whether Paleorhinus is a subjective junior synonym of Parasuchus is beyond the scope of this work (see above).