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Erectopus
Taxonomy
Erectopus was named by Huene (1923). Its type is Megalosaurus superbus. It is the type genus of Erectopodidae.
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Huene (1923); to Megalosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Erectopodidae by Stromer (1934); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Allosaurinae by Paul (1988); to Megalosauridae by Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Molnar (1980), Buffetaut et al. (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Torvosauridae by Kurzanov (1989); to Tetanurae by Holtz et al. (2004); to Allosauroidea by Allain (2005); and to Metriacanthosauridae by Carrano et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Huene (1923); to Megalosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Erectopodidae by Stromer (1934); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Allosaurinae by Paul (1988); to Megalosauridae by Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Molnar (1980), Buffetaut et al. (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Torvosauridae by Kurzanov (1989); to Tetanurae by Holtz et al. (2004); to Allosauroidea by Allain (2005); and to Metriacanthosauridae by Carrano et al. (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1923 | Erectopus Huene p. 453 |
| 1928 | Erectopus Nopcsa p. 183 |
| 1934 | Erectopus Stromer p. 80 |
| 1939 | Erectopus Kuhn p. 76 |
| 1956 | Erectopus Romer p. 615 |
| 1964 | Erectopus Tatarinov p. 537 |
| 1966 | Erectopus Romer p. 369 |
| 1970 | Erectopus Steel p. 31 |
| 1980 | Erectopus Molnar p. 137 |
| 1981 | Erectopus Buffetaut et al. p. 279 |
| 1988 | Erectopus Carroll |
| 1988 | Erectopus Paul pp. 316-317 |
| 1989 | Erectopus Kurzanov p. 4 |
| 2004 | Erectopus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73 |
| 2005 | Erectopus Allain p. 75 |
| 2012 | Erectopus Carrano et al. p. 254 |
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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. †Erectopus Huene 1923
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†Erectopus sauvagei Huene 1932
†Erectopus superbus Sauvage 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available