Reptilia - Saurischia - Cetiosauridae

Synonym: Protognathus Zhang 1988 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. Olshevsky. 1991. A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2:1-196

Parent taxon: Cetiosauridae according to G. Peng et al. 2005

See also Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong 1998, Li et al. 2011, Li et al. 2010, Martin-Rolland 1999, Olshevsky 1991, Olshevsky 1992 and Upchurch et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Cardiodontinae, Cetiosaurinae, Chebsaurus, Shunosaurinae

Subtaxa: Protognathosaurus oxyodon

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Type: Protognathus oxyodon

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower] (Jurassic of China)

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