Taupezia Delair 1963 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: J. B. Delair. 1963. Notes on Purbeck fossil footprints, with descriptions of two hitherto unknown forms from Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 84:92-100

Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Delair 1963, Haubold 1974 and Romero Molina et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong

Subtaxa: Taupezia landeri

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lander's Quarry, Gallows Gore (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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