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Dracoraptor hanigani

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dracoraptor hanigani was named by Martill et al. (2016). Its type specimen is NMW 2015.5G.1–2015.5G.11, a partial skeleton (Disarticulated, but associated partial skeleton with elements of the skull, including both premaxillae, both maxillae, some teeth, a lacrimal, partial jugal, po), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lavernock Point, which is in a Hettangian marine limestone in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Dracoraptor.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Dracoraptor hanigani Martill et al.
2017Dracoraptor hanigani Ezcurra p. 508
2019Dracoraptor hanigani Zahner and Brinkmann p. 1146

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
superfamilyCoelophysoidea
genusDracoraptor
specieshanigani

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.

†Dracoraptor hanigani Martill et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. M. Martill et al. 2016A basal neotheropod with the following autapomorphies and unique combination of plesiomorphies: Three teeth in the premaxilla, slender maxillary process of jugal, large narial opening with slender subnarial bar, anteriorly directed pubis considerably longer than ischium, and large dorsal process on distal tarsal IV.
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: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (Wales) Dracoraptor hanigani (type locality: 176060)