Genus: Parasuchus LYDEKKER, 1885
Etymology: Greek, para, "near, close too" and Greek, souchos, "crocodile."
= Arganarhinus LONG & MURRY, 1995
Etymology: In reference to the Argana basin, where the only known material is known.
= Paleorhinus WILLISTON, 1904
Etymology
= Palaeorhinus JAEKEL, 1910 (sic)
= Subgenus Paleorhinus CHATTERJEE, 1978
= Subgenus Parasuchus CHATTERJEE, 1978

Species: hislopi LYDEKKER, 1885 (nomen dubium)
Etymology:
= Parasuchus (Parasuchus) hislopi (LYDEKKER, 1885) CHATTERJEE, 1978 (nomen dubium)

Neotype: ISI R 42

Locality: Mutapuram village (lat. 19°8’N, long. 79°40’E), Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Maleri Formation, Dewan group, Mahadeva series.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian-Middle Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Nearly complete skull and skeleton.

Referred material:

ISI R 43: Nearly complete individual.

 

Lectotype: GSI H20/11

Locality: Maleri Village, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Maleri Formation, Dewan group, Mahadeva series.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian-Middle Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Rostral fragment.

Referred material:

Number: Not given: Scute.

CHATTERJEE, 1978

ISI R 45: Isolated basioccipital.

ISI R 46: Isolated conjoined basioccipital/basisphenoid.

ISI R 47: Isolated conjoined basioccipital/basisphenoid.

ISI R 160: Isolated skull.

ISI R 161: Part of skull and postcranial.

 

 

Locality: Kach, India.

Horizon: Chari beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Vertebra.

 

LYDEKKER, 1888

Locality: Maleri, near Sironcha, Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Maleri Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian-Middle Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

BMNH R1097: Cast of the conjoint basioccipital and basisphenoid.

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Species: bransoni WILLISTON 1904
Etymology:
= Parasuchus bransoni (WILLISTON 1904)
= Parasuchus (Paleorhinus) bransoni (WILLISTON 1902) CHATTERJEE, 1978

Holotype: FMNH UC 632

Locality: Southeast corner of Township 3 South, Range 1 East, Wind River region, Squaw Creek, Fremont County, Wyoming.

Horizon: Popo Agie Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Otischalkian, Late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull and dentary missing the anterior end.

Referred material:

= Paleorhinus nova? DZIK, SUIEJ, KAIM & NIEDZWIDEZKI, 2000

Locality: Cement plant claypit at Krasiejow near Opole,Silesia Province, Southern Poland.

Horizon: Drawno Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle to late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

ZPAL AbIII/200: Skull.

ZPAL AbIII/112: Fragmentary skeleton.

ZPAL AbIII/199, 20:

More skull and skeletal elements.

HUNT & LUCAS, 1991

Locality: West side of Palo Duro Creek, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Palo Duro Canyon, Randall County, West Texas.

Horizon: Camp Springs Conglomerate, Tecovas Member, Dockum Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

PPHM P217: Fragmentary skull.
Note: Paleorhinus sp according to LONG & MURRY, 1995

 

LONG & MURRY, 1995

Locality: Trilophosaurus Quarry 1, TMM Quarry 1 (TMM Locality 31025), SMU 122, 32°10’20”N, 101°14’50”W, Hyman 7.5’ Quadrangle, approximately 5 km north of Otis Chalk, Howard County, Texas.

Horizon: “Pre-Tecovas Horizon”, Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

TMM 31025-172: Nearly complete skull.

 

Locality: TMM Site 3, Quarry 3, (TMM Locality 31100), Otis Chalk, Howard County, Texas.

Horizon: “Pre-Tecovas Horizon”, Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

TMM 31100-101: Nearly complete well-preserved skull.

TMM 31100-418: Complete skull.

TMM 31100-453: Poorly preserved skull and lower jaws.

TMM 31100-8: Posterior portion of skull (labeled Angistorhinus).

TMM 31100-419: Complete mandible.

TMM 31100-175: Rostrum.

HUNT, 1994

TMM 31100-239: Skull.

TMM 31025-172: Skull.

 

Locality: TMM Site 3, Quarry 3A (TMM Locality 31185), 3 miles north of Otis Chalk, Howard County, Texas.

Horizon: “Pre-Tecovas Horizon”, Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

TMM 31185-11, TMM 31185-38: Mandibles.

 

LUCAS, HUNT & KAHLE, 1993

Locality: Otis Chalk, Quarry 1, Howard County, West Texas

Horizon: Dockum Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Tuvalian, Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: 5 skulls.

 

= Paleorhinus parvus MEHL, 1928
Etymology:
= Parasuchus parvus (MEHL, 1928)
= Parasuchus (Paleorhinus) parvus (MEHL, 1928) CHATTERJEE, 1978

Holotype: UM 530.

Locality: Sage Creek, Borden County, Wyoming.

Horizon: Camp Springs Member, Dockum Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Early Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull lacking posterior end, dentary missing tip and some of the angular, fragmentary left scapula and coracoid, proximal end of the right humerus, proximal and distal ends of the left humerus, radius ulna, femur, tibia, fibula, and scutes.


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Species: angustifrons (KUHN, 1936) KAMMERER, BUTLER, BANDYOPADHYAY, & STOCKER, 2015
= Francosuchus angustifrons KUHN, 1936
Etymology:
= Paleorhinus angustifrons (KUHN, 1936)

Holotype: SBPG 1931 X 502

Locality: Bed 9 of the Ebrach Quarry, Bamberg District, Upper Franconia region of northern Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Blasensandstein of the Sandsteinkeuper, laterally equivalent to the Hassberge Formation of the Middle Keuper.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull missing portions of the premaxillae.

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Species: magnoculus (DUTUIT, 1977) LONG & MURRY, 1995
Etymology:
= Palaeorhinus magnoculus DUTUIT, 1977
= Parasuchus (Paleorhinus) magnoculus (DUTUIT, 1977)

Holotype: ALM.1

Locality: Bed XVI, Localtiy XVI, southwest of Imi n’Tanoute, Province de Marrakech, Moroccan Western Atlas.

Horizon: Irohalene Member, Timesgadiouine Formation (Argana Formation?) Argana Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lower level of T5, Middle Series.

Age: Late Carnian or Early Norian Stage, Upper Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Nearly complete skull.
Note: Skull of a juvenile non phytosaur phytosaurid (FARA & HUNGERBUHLER, 2000)