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Dracaenosaurus croizeti

Osteichthyes - Lacertidae

Taxonomy
Dracaenosaurus croizeti was named by Gervais (1848). Its type specimen is MNHN COR3, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cournon, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Dracaenosaurus croizeti Gervais p. 131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
familyLacertidaeBonaparte 1831
genusDracaenosaurusPomel 1846
speciescroizetiGervais 1848

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.

†Dracaenosaurus croizeti Gervais 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:45:04
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:04
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MP 28 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Dracaenosaurus croizeti (179194)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dôme) Dracaenosaurus croizeti (type locality: 179177)
MP 28 - MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dracaenosaurus croizeti (59126)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dracaenosaurus croizeti (74679)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Dracaenosaurus croizeti (179146)