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Elrhazosaurus

Osteichthyes - Dryosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Elrhazosaurus Galton p. 239
2010Elrhazosaurus McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2012Elrhazosaurus McDonald p. 2
2016Elrhazosaurus Dieudonné et al. p. 33
2016Elrhazosaurus Fanti et al. p. 267
2018Elrhazosaurus Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4
2020Elrhazosaurus Dieudonné et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusElrhazosaurus

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.

G. †Elrhazosaurus Galton 2009
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Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis Galton and Taquet 1982
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. M. Galton 2009This taxon is a dryosaurid, as indicated by the deep pit on the shaft level with the fourth trochanter, that has the following combination of characters: proximal end of lesser trochanter below that of greater trochanter, transversely wide raised area separating deep pit from base of fourth trochanter, extensor groove in distal view is deep and obliquely inclined postero-medially and overlapped anteriorly by the acute-edged medial condyle.
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: 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: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Niger (Agadez) Ornithopoda indet. (37200)