Phrynichthys Pietschmann [V.] 1926:88 Masc. Phrynichthys wedli Pietschmann 1926. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Pietschmann 1930:419 [ref. 3476]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Phrynichthys Agassiz 1846 in fishes; replaced by Bufoceratias Whitley 1931. •Synonym of Paroneirodes Alcock 1890 -- (Maul 1973:669 [ref. 7171]). •Incorrectly treated as valid -- (Uwate 1979:141 [ref. 7015], Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1381 [ref. 13677], Pietsch 1986:377 [ref. 5704], Pietsch 1999:2030 [ref. 24766]). •In the synonymy of Bufoceratias Whitley 1931 -- (Pietsch et al. 2004:99 [ref. 27506], Pietsch 2009:356 [ref. 30766]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Bufoceratias Whitley 1931. Diceratiidae.