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Dracopelta zbyszewskii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dracopelta zbyszewskii was named by Galton (1980). Its type specimen is MIGM 5787, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Praia do Sul, Assenta, which is in a Tithonian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Freixial Formation of Portugal. It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Carpenter (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Dracopelta zbyszewskii Galton p. 452 fig. 1
1983Dracopelta zbyszewskii Galton pp. 11, 17
1991Dracopelta zbyszewskii Galton p. 300
1993Dracopelta zbyszewskii Dong pp. 263-264
2000Dracopelta zbyszewskii Ford p. 175
2001Dracopelta zbyszewskii Clark p. 22
2001Dracopelta zbyszewskii Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 151
2004Dracopelta zbyszewskii Vickaryous et al. p. 366
2005Dracopelta zbyszewskii Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 176
2006Dracopelta zbyszewskii Escaso et al. p. 79
2006Dracopelta zbyszewskii Mateus p. 231
2009Dracopelta zbyszewskii Ortega et al. p. 49
2010Dracopelta zbyszewskii Mateus and Milàn p. 254
2017Dracopelta zbyszewskii Mocho et al. p. 26
2019Dracopelta zbyszewskii Costa and Mateus p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Ankylosauria()
genusDracopelta
specieszbyszewskii

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.

†Dracopelta zbyszewskii Galton 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. M. Galton 1983Dermal armor of the thoracic region consists of very small isolated flat scutes, small medial paired circular plates with raised centers and rims, very long anterolateral plates, narrow nonprojecting overlapping dorsolateral plates and overlapping laterally projecting and dorsoventrally compressed lateral plates with a sinusoidal proximal surface and a circular outline laterally.
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: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Portugal (Centro) Dracopelta zbyszewskii (type locality: 47364)