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Dryptosauridae (disused)
Taxonomy
Dryptosauridae was named by Marsh (1890).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosauridae by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Deinodontidae by Matthew and Brown (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurinidae by Steel (1970).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Huene (1927); to Avetheropoda by Paul (1988); to Theropoda by Marsh (1890), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896) and Carroll (1988); and to Carnosauria by Russell (1984) and Dong (1992).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosauridae by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Deinodontidae by Matthew and Brown (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurinidae by Steel (1970).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Huene (1927); to Avetheropoda by Paul (1988); to Theropoda by Marsh (1890), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896) and Carroll (1988); and to Carnosauria by Russell (1984) and Dong (1992).
Synonymy list
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Fm. †Dryptosauridae Marsh 1890
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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O. C. Marsh 1890 | Limb bones hollow. Fore limbs very small. Feet digitigrade, with prehensile claws. |