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Dryptosauridae (disused)

Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Dryptosauridae

Taxonomy
Dryptosauridae was named by Marsh (1890).

It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosauridae by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Deinodontidae by Matthew and Brown (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurinidae by Steel (1970).

It was assigned to Carnosauria by Huene (1927); to Theropoda by Marsh (1890), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896) and Carroll (1988); and to Carnosauria by Russell (1984) and Dong (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Dryptosauridae Marsh p. 424
1895Dryptosauridae Marsh
1896Dryptosauridae Marsh p. 239
1927Dryptosauridae Huene p. 264
1984Dryptosauridae Russell p. 28
1988Dryptosauridae Carroll
1992Dryptosauridae Dong pp. 164-165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
orderAvetheropoda
infraorderCarnosauria()
familyDryptosauridae
familyDryptosauridae

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.

Fm. †Dryptosauridae Marsh 1890
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. C. Marsh 1890Limb bones hollow. Fore limbs very small. Feet digitigrade, with prehensile claws.