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Dryptosauridae (disused)

Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Dryptosauridae

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 Theropoda by Marsh (1890), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896) and Carroll (1988); to Avetheropoda by Paul (1988); and to Carnosauria by Russell (1984) and Dong (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Dryptosauridae Marsh p. 424
1895Dryptosauridae Marsh
1896Dryptosauridae Marsh p. 239
1927Dryptosauridae Huene p. 264
1984Dryptosauridae Russell p. 28
1988Dryptosauridae Carroll
1988Dryptosauridae Paul p. 346
1992Dryptosauridae Dong pp. 164-165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
orderAvetheropoda
infraorderCarnosauria()
familyDryptosauridae
familyDryptosauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Dryptosauridae Marsh 1890
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. C. Marsh 1890Limb bones hollow. Fore limbs very small. Feet digitigrade, with prehensile claws.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:32
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Dryptosaurus sp. (218129)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Dryptosauridae indet. (167663)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Dryptosauridae indet. (221052)