Calamosaurus Lydekker 1891 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1891. On certain ornithosaurian and dinosaurian remains. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 47:41-44

Parent taxon: Tyrannosauroidea according to D. Naish and D. M. Martill 2007

See also Lydekker 1891, Naish et al. 2001, Nopcsa 1901, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Ruiz-OmeƱaca and Canudo 2003, Steel 1970, Swinton 1936, Tatarinov 1964 and Van Den Broeck 1900

Sister taxa: Alectrosaurus, Alioramini, Appalachiosaurus, Bagaraatan, Bistahieversor, Chingkankousaurus, Deinodon, Dilong, Diplotomodon, Dryptosaurus, Eotyrannus, Jinbeisaurus, Juratyrant, Labocania, Moros, Proceratosauridae, Raptorex, Santanaraptor, Stokesosaurus, Suskityrannus, Teihivenator, Theroplantigrada, Timimus, Timurlengia, Tomodon horrificus, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurus lanpingensis, Xiongguanlong

Subtaxa: Calamosaurus foxi

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Type: Calamospondylus foxi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Isle of Wight (general) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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