Francosuchus latus, ' KUHN, 1933

‘ FRANCOSUCHUS LATUS ’ KUHN, 1933

[NOMEN DUBIUM]

‘ Francosuchus latus nov. spec. ’; Kuhn, 1933: 97, 127, fig. 5 ‘ Francosuchus latus ’; Kuhn, 1936: 69 ‘ Francosuchus latus Kuhn’; Kuhn, 1938: 318 ‘ P. broilii ( Kuhn, 1933) ’; Gregory, 1962: 670 ‘ P. ( F.) latus O. Kuhn, 1933 ’; Westphal, 1976: 109 ‘ Francosuchus latus Kuhn, 1932 ’; Hunt & Lucas, 1991: 489 ‘ Paleorhinus sp. ’; Long & Murry 1995: 36

Holotype: BSPG lost specimen, skull missing the rostrum, missing and presumed destroyed in World War II ( Kuhn, 1933: fig. 5: Fig. 2C View Figure 2 ).

Locality and horizon: Bed 13 of Kuhn (1933, 1936), Ebrach quarry.

Comments: The holotype consisted of a partial skull lacking the rostrum. Unfortunately the only available figure of the skull ( Kuhn, 1933: fig. 5; Fig. 2C View Figure 2 ), showing the specimen in dorsal view, is very indistinct and does not allow a detailed assessment of morphology or the recognition of autapomorphic characters, although it does indicate a phytosaur skull broadly similar in morphology to the holotype of ‘ F. broilii ’, the holotype of ‘ F.’ angustifrons (see below), as well as to other non-phytosaurid phytosaurs such as Parasuchus and Paleorhinus ( Chatterjee, 1978; Stocker, 2010). Moreover, the description of the specimen by Kuhn (1933: 127–129) does not clearly distinguish diagnostic features. As a result, we consider ‘ F. latus ’ a nomen dubium referable to Phytosauria .