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Dryosauridae

Reptilia - Dryosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Dryosauridae Stefano p. 54
1984Dryosauridae Milner and Norman
1984Dryosauridae Norman pp. 160-161 fig. 2
1988Dryosauridae Carroll
1990Dryosauridae Benton p. 19
1990Dryosauridae Sues and Norman p. 500
1992Dryosauridae Molnar p. 266
1996Dryosauridae Coria and Salgado p. 454 fig. 13
1997Dryosauridae Sereno p. 440 fig. 2
1998Dryosauridae Sereno p. 61
1999Dryosauridae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2002Dryosauridae Buchholz p. 22
2002Dryosauridae Coria and Calvo p. 508 fig. 9
2004Dryosauridae Norman p. 414
2005Dryosauridae Jouve p. 324
2006Dryosauridae Chure et al. p. 237
2007Dryosauridae Galton p. 38
2007Dryosauridae Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 5
2007Dryosauridae Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 203
2008Dryosauridae Butler et al. p. 21 figs. 2-4
2009Dryosauridae Galton p. 215
2010Dryosauridae McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2012Dryosauridae Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2012Dryosauridae McDonald p. 2
2014Dryosauridae Escaso et al. p. 1103
2018Dryosauridae Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4
2019Dryosauridae Herne et al. p. 574 fig. 25
2020Dryosauridae Dieudonné et al.
2021Dryosauridae Verdú et al. p. 10 fig. 9

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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()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Dryomorpha
familyDryosauridae
familyDryosauridae

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. †Dryosauridae Milner and Norman 1984
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G. †Callovosaurus Galton 1980
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†Callovosaurus leedsi Lydekker 1889
G. †Dinehichnus Lockley et al. 1998
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†Dinehichnus socialis Lockley et al. 1998
G. †Dryosaurus Marsh 1894
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†Dryosaurus altus Marsh 1878
†Dryosaurus elderae Carpenter and Galton 2018
G. †Dysalotosaurus Virchow 1919
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G. †Elrhazosaurus Galton 2009
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†Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis Galton and Taquet 1982
G. †Valdosaurus Galton 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Maximum body mass: 300 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 161.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Camptosaurus leedsi (59128)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Yunnan) Dinehichnus sp. (229403)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Dinehichnus sp. (103083)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Dinehichnus sp. (219830)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Wyoming) Dryosauridae indet. (38884)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Utah) Dinehichnus socialis (56321) Dryosaurus sp. (231583)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Colorado) Dinehichnus socialis (123526) Dinehichnus sp. (48855)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Aragón) Valdosaurus sp. (58764)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Dryosaurus altus (25141)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Utah) Dryosaurus sp. (58514 220417)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Dryosauridae indet. (192748 230770) Dryosaurus altus (39253) Dryosaurus sp. (55487 231551) Laosaurus altus (39344) Laosaurus sp. (22648 39340)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Dryosaurus sp. (182492)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Normandie) Dryosaurus sp. (35968)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Dinehichnus sp. (83230)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8USA (Colorado) Dryosaurus sp. (48156)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Dinehichnus sp. (225903 225905)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Tanzania (Lindi) Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (47146)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Dryosauridae indet. (38680)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Dryosaurus sp. (45975 53022)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Dryosaurus sp. (47065 49577)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Dryosaurus altus (231621)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Dryosaurus altus (53041) Dryosaurus sp. (48161)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Utah) Dryosaurus sp. (22711 57913)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Utah) Dryosaurus altus, Laosaurus gracilis (21852)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Dinehichnus sp. (219832)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Romania (Judetul Bihor) Valdosaurus sp. (13335)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Hypsilophodon foxii (52258) Iguanodon sp. (222518) Valdosaurus sp. (222519)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Valdosaurus canaliculatus (48328) Valdosaurus sp. (55518)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Barremian136.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) Dryosaurus canaliculatus (75745)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4United Kingdom (England) Valdosaurus sp. (222353)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Valdosaurus sp. (36368)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Dryosaurus canaliculatus (26791)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Dryosauridae indet. (25428)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Spain (Castilla y Leon) Valdosaurus sp. (218876)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Spain (La Rioja) Ornithopoda indet. (84712)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Niger (Agadez) Ornithopoda indet. (37200)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain (La Rioja) Hypsilophodon sp. (96479)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) Ornithopoda indet. (27887)