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Struthiosaurus austriacus

Taxonomy

Struthiosaurus austriacus was named by Bunzel (1871). Its type specimen is PIWU 2349/6, a skull, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Muthmannsdorf, which is in a Campanian estuary/bay coal/sandstone in the Grünbach Formation of Austria.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Molnar et al. (1990) and Weishampel et al. (1991).

Sister species

S. languedocensis, S. lugdunensis, S. transylvanicus

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Synonyms

Danubiosaurus anceps was named by Bunzel (1871). Its type specimen is PIWU and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Muthmannsdorf, which is in a Campanian estuary/bay coal/sandstone in the Grünbach Formation of Austria.

It was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus alcinus by Kuhn (1964); it was considered a nomen dubium by Ford (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus austriacus by Carpenter (2001), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001) and Vickaryous et al. (2004).
Crataeomus pawlowitschii was named by Seeley (1881). Its type locality is Muthmannsdorf, which is in a Campanian estuary/bay coal/sandstone in the Grünbach Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Struthiosaurus pawlovitschi by Nopcsa (1915); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus lepidophorus by Nopcsa (1923); it was recombined as Struthiosaurus pawlowitschii by Kuhn (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Danubiosaurus anceps by Molnar and Frey (1987); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus transylvanicus by Ford (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus austriacus by McIntosh (1981), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001), Carpenter (2001) and Vickaryous et al. (2004).
Crataeomus lepidophorus was named by Seeley (1881). Its type locality is Muthmannsdorf, which is in a Campanian estuary/bay coal/sandstone in the Grünbach Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Struthiosaurus lepidophorus by Nopcsa (1902), Nopcsa (1915), Nopcsa (1915) and Nopcsa (1923); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus pawlowitschii by Kuhn (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus transylvanicus by Ford (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus austriacus by Molnar (1980), McIntosh (1981), Molnar and Frey (1987), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001), Carpenter (2001) and Vickaryous et al. (2004).
Hoplosaurus ischyrus was named by Seeley (1881). Its type specimen is PIUW 2349/uncatalogued and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Weiner Neustadt 2 (PIUW), which is in a Campanian terrestrial claystone in the Coal-Bearing Complex Formation of Austria. It is the type species of Hoplosaurus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus transylvanicus by Ford (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus austriacus by Carpenter (2001), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001) and Vickaryous et al. (2004).
Pleuropeltus suessii was named by Seeley (1881). Its type locality is Muthmannsdorf, which is in a Campanian estuary/bay coal/sandstone in the Grünbach Formation of Austria.

It was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus transylvanicus by Ford (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus austriacus by Nopcsa (1915), Kuhn (1964), Carpenter (2001), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001) and Vickaryous et al. (2004).
Leipsanosaurus noricus was named by Nopcsa (1918). Its type specimen is NHM 1861.I.46, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Frankenhof, Piesting, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Coal-Bearing Complex Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Struthiosaurus noricus by Kuhn (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus transylvanicus by Ford (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Struthiosaurus austriacus by Carpenter (2001), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001) and Vickaryous et al. (2004).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1871	Struthiosaurus austriacus Bunzel pp. 11-12
1871	Danubiosaurus anceps Bunzel pp. 12-13 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 7-9
1881	Struthiosaurus austriacus Seeley pp. 628-634
1881	Crataeomus pawlowitschii Seeley p. 642
1881	Crataeomus lepidophorus Seeley p. 660
1881	Hoplosaurus ischyrus Seeley p. 681
1881	Pleuropeltus suessii Seeley p. 693
1882	Danubiosaurus anceps Sauvage p. 39
1882	Struthiosaurus austriacus Sauvage p. 39
1882	Crataeomus lopidophorus Sauvage p. 40
1882	Crataeomus pawlowitschii Sauvage p. 40
1882	Hoplosaurus insignis Sauvage p. 40
1902	Crataeomus pawlowitschii Nopcsa p. 102
1902	Struthiosaurus austriacus Nopcsa p. 103
1902	Struthiosaurus lepidophorus Nopcsa p. 103
1915	Struthiosaurus austriacus Nopcsa p. 11
1915	Struthiosaurus lepidophorus Nopcsa p. 11
1915	Struthiosaurus pawlovitschi Nopcsa p. 385
1918	Leipsanosaurus noricus Nopcsa p. 327 figs. Pl. 3:14
1923	Struthiosaurus lepidophorus Nopcsa p. 106
1947	Struthiosaurus austriacus Lapparent p. 34
1964	Struthiosaurus austriacus Kuhn p. 42
1964	Struthiosaurus noricus Kuhn p. 42
1964	Struthiosaurus pawlowitschii Kuhn p. 43
1964	Hoplosaurus ischyrus Kuhn p. 44
1980	Crataeomus pawlowitschii Molnar p. 82
1980	Struthiosaurus austriacus Molnar p. 82
1981	Struthiosaurus austriacus McIntosh p. 38
1987	Danubiosaurus anceps Molnar and Frey pp. 33-34
1987	Struthiosaurus austriacus Molnar and Frey p. 33
1992	Struthiosaurus austriacus Pereda-Suberbiola and Galton p. 1279
1994	Struthiosaurus austriacus Pereda-Suberbiola and Galton pp. 195-196
1997	Struthiosaurus austriacus Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 212
1998	Struthiosaurus austriacus Le Loeuff p. 57
2000	Struthiosaurus austriacus Ford p. 175
2001	Struthiosaurus austriacus Carpenter p. 457
2001	Struthiosaurus austriacus Carpenter et al. p. 233
2001	Struthiosaurus austriacus Pereda Suberbiola and Galton pp. 178-180
2003	Struthiosaurus austriacus Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola p. 156
2004	Struthiosaurus austriacus Vickaryous et al. p. 366
2007	Struthiosaurus austriacus Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 92
2009	Struthiosaurus austriacus Osi and Makádi p. 227
2009	Struthiosaurus austriacus Parsons and Parsons p. 735
2013	Struthiosaurus austriacus Osi and Prondvai

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