family. Hyperodapedontidae named by Lydekker (1885) was considered its junior synonym. However, Langer et al. (2000) noted that Hyperodapedontidae was erected by Lydekker to include Hyperodapedon gordoni and H. huxleyi, clearly excluding Rhynchosaurus articeps, which was the only other rhynchosaur known at that time. Thus, they defined it as the stem-based taxon that includes all rhynchosaurs more closely related to Hyperodapedon than to Rhynchosaurus. Within Hyperodapedontidae, which is now a subgroup of Rhynchosauridae, two subfamilies have been named. Stenaulorhynchinae named by Kuhn (1933) is defined sensu Langer and Schultz (2000) to include all species more closely related to Stenaulorhynchus than to Hyperodapedon. Hyperodapedontinae named by Chatterjee (1969) was redefined by Langer et al. (2000) to include "all rhynchosaurs closer to Hyperodapedon than to "Rhynchosaurus" spenceri" (now Fodonyx). The cladogram below is based on Schultz et al. (2016) which is the most genera inclusive rhynchosaur phylogenetic analysis to date, with the position of Noteosuchus taken from other recent analyses (since it was removed in Schultz et al. (2016)), all in consensus with one another. References Bibliography Benton, M. J. (2000), Vertebrate Paleontology, 2nd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd. Carroll, R. L. (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, W.H. Freeman & Co. Dilkes, D. W. 1998. The Early Triassic rhynchosaur Mesosuchus browni and the interrelationships of basal archosauromorph reptiles. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 353:501-541. External links Dinosaurs of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Triassic reptiles Triassic taxonomic orders Anisian life Carnian life Norian life Olenekian life Early Triassic reptiles Middle Triassic reptiles Late Triassic reptiles Olenekian first appearances Norian extinctions