Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Dracovenator regenti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dracovenator regenti was named by Yates (2005). Its type specimen is BP/1/5243, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dracovenator type, farm Upper Drumbo (BPi), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Dracovenator regenti Yates pp. 106-107 figs. 2-8
2010Dracovenator regenti Langer et al. p. 91
2017Dracovenator regenti Sciscio et al. p. 22
2018Dracovenator regenti Dal Sasso et al. p. 21
2019Dracovenator regenti Zahner and Brinkmann p. 1146
2020Dracovenator regenti Abrahams et al.
2023Dracovenator regenti Abrahams et al. p. 10

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
genusDracovenator
speciesregenti

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.

Dracovenator regenti Yates 2005
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. M. Yates 2005A theropod wi th the following autapomorphic characters: a large bilobed fossa surrounding a large lateral premaxillary foramen that is connected to the alveolar margin by a deep narrow channel; a deep, oblique notch on the lateral surface of the articular, separating the retroarticular process from the posterior margin of the glenoid; and particularly well-developed dorsal, tab-like processes on the articular, one on the medial side, just posterior to the opening of the chorda tympanic foramen and the other on the lateral side on the anterolateral margin of the fossa for the m. depressor mandibulae.
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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dracovenator regenti (type locality: 75177)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8South Africa (Free State) Syntarsus rhodesiensis (45530)