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Dyrosaurus
Taxonomy
Dyrosaurus was named by Pomel (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes T Eo-m-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2].
It was assigned to Dyrosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Mesosuchia by Charig (1967); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Dyrosauridae by Buffetaut (1978), Moody and Buffetaut (1981), Carroll (1988), Jouve (2005), Jouve et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Hill et al. (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Barbosa et al. (2008), Andrade et al. (2011) and Bronzati et al. (2012); to Neosuchia by Sereno et al. (2001), Sereno et al. (2003), Zaher et al. (2006), Larsson and Sues (2007), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Nascimento and Zaher (2011) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014); and to Hyposaurinae by Jouve et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Dyrosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Mesosuchia by Charig (1967); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Dyrosauridae by Buffetaut (1978), Moody and Buffetaut (1981), Carroll (1988), Jouve (2005), Jouve et al. (2005), Jouve et al. (2006), Hill et al. (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Barbosa et al. (2008), Andrade et al. (2011) and Bronzati et al. (2012); to Neosuchia by Sereno et al. (2001), Sereno et al. (2003), Zaher et al. (2006), Larsson and Sues (2007), Fiorelli and Calvo (2008), Nascimento and Zaher (2011) and Sertich and O'Connor (2014); and to Hyposaurinae by Jouve et al. (2021).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Dyrosaurus Pomel |
| 1928 | Dyrosaurus Nopcsa p. 186 |
| 1967 | Dyrosaurus Charig p. 710 |
| 1978 | Dyrosaurus Buffetaut p. 238 |
| 1981 | Dyrosaurus Moody and Buffetaut p. 127 |
| 1988 | Dyrosaurus Carroll |
| 2001 | Dyrosaurus Sereno et al. p. 1518 |
| 2002 | Dyrosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Dyrosaurus Sereno et al. |
| 2004 | Dyrosaurus Pol and Norell |
| 2005 | Dyrosaurus Jouve p. 324 |
| 2005 | Dyrosaurus Jouve et al. |
| 2006 | Dyrosaurus Jouve et al. |
| 2006 | Dyrosaurus Zaher et al. |
| 2007 | Dyrosaurus Larsson and Sues |
| 2008 | Dyrosaurus Barbosa et al. |
| 2008 | Dyrosaurus Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2008 | Dyrosaurus Hill et al. |
| 2008 | Dyrosaurus Jouve et al. |
| 2011 | Dyrosaurus Andrade et al. |
| 2011 | Dyrosaurus Nascimento and Zaher |
| 2012 | Dyrosaurus Bronzati et al. |
| 2014 | Dyrosaurus Sertich and O'Connor |
| 2021 | Dyrosaurus Jouve et al. |
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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. †Dyrosaurus Pomel 1894
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†Dyrosaurus maghribensis Jouve et al. 2006
†Dyrosaurus phosphaticus Thomas 1893
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Invalid names: Dyrosaurus berneti Bergounioux 1955 [synonym], Dyrosaurus variabilis Bergounioux 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 113.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albian | Algeria (Adrar) | D. sp. (59690) | |
| Ypresian | Algeria | D. phosphaticus (136906) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | D. maghribensis (83313) | |
| Ypresian | Tunisia | Crocodilus phosphaticus (136905) D. choumovitchi, D. phosphaticus, D. berneti, D. variabilis (106501) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Tunisia (Gafsa) | D. phosphaticus (151620) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Niger (Tahoua) | D. sp. (75233) | |
| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | D. sp. (48077) |