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Dryosaurus
Taxonomy
Dryosaurus was named by Marsh (1894). It is the type genus of Dryosaurinae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Laosaurus by Romer (1956) and Romer (1966).
It was assigned to Ornithopoda by Marsh (1894); to Hypsilophodontidae by Nopcsa (1901); to Kalodontidae by Nopcsa (1902); to Nanosauridae by Huene (1909); to Orthopoda by Lull (1911); to Hypsilophontidae by von Zittel (1911); to Camptosauridae by Hay (1902), Lull (1911) and Lull (1924); to Camptosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Laosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Huene (1914), Osborn (1923), Gilmore (1925), Hay (1930) and Tatarinov (1964); to Iguanodontoidea by Norman (1984); to Dryosaurinae by Cooper (1985); to Iguanodontia by Norman (1989); to Hypsilophodontidae by Kuhn (1964), Galton (1972), Galton and Jensen (1973), Galton and Jensen (1973), Galton (1973), Thulborn (1974), Galton (1974), Galton (1974), Thulborn (1975), Galton (1977), Madsen and Miller (1979), Jurcsak and Popa (1979), Sues (1980), Galton (1981), McIntosh (1981), Colbert (1981), McGinnis (1982), Jurcsák (1982), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Galton (1983), Russell (1984), Martill (1988), Galton (1989), Miller et al. (1991) and Grigorescu (1992); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Brochu et al. (2002); to Dryomorpha by Sereno (1986), Weishampel and Heinrich (1992) and Novas et al. (2004); and to Dryosauridae by Stefano (1903), Milner and Norman (1984), Carroll (1988), Sues and Norman (1990), Chure et al. (1994), Ryan (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Buchholz (2002), Norman (2004), Stanford et al. (2004), Jouve (2005), Jouve et al. (2005), Chure et al. (2006), Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007), Galton (2007), Butler et al. (2008), Galton (2009), McDonald et al. (2010), Mateus and Milàn (2010), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2010), Madzia et al. (2018), Carpenter and Galton (2018), Herne et al. (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020), Dalla Vecchia (2020) and Verdú et al. (2021).
It was synonymized subjectively with Laosaurus by Romer (1956) and Romer (1966).
It was assigned to Ornithopoda by Marsh (1894); to Hypsilophodontidae by Nopcsa (1901); to Kalodontidae by Nopcsa (1902); to Nanosauridae by Huene (1909); to Orthopoda by Lull (1911); to Hypsilophontidae by von Zittel (1911); to Camptosauridae by Hay (1902), Lull (1911) and Lull (1924); to Camptosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Laosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Huene (1914), Osborn (1923), Gilmore (1925), Hay (1930) and Tatarinov (1964); to Iguanodontoidea by Norman (1984); to Dryosaurinae by Cooper (1985); to Iguanodontia by Norman (1989); to Hypsilophodontidae by Kuhn (1964), Galton (1972), Galton and Jensen (1973), Galton and Jensen (1973), Galton (1973), Thulborn (1974), Galton (1974), Galton (1974), Thulborn (1975), Galton (1977), Madsen and Miller (1979), Jurcsak and Popa (1979), Sues (1980), Galton (1981), McIntosh (1981), Colbert (1981), McGinnis (1982), Jurcsák (1982), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Galton (1983), Russell (1984), Martill (1988), Galton (1989), Miller et al. (1991) and Grigorescu (1992); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Brochu et al. (2002); to Dryomorpha by Sereno (1986), Weishampel and Heinrich (1992) and Novas et al. (2004); and to Dryosauridae by Stefano (1903), Milner and Norman (1984), Carroll (1988), Sues and Norman (1990), Chure et al. (1994), Ryan (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Buchholz (2002), Norman (2004), Stanford et al. (2004), Jouve (2005), Jouve et al. (2005), Chure et al. (2006), Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007), Galton (2007), Butler et al. (2008), Galton (2009), McDonald et al. (2010), Mateus and Milàn (2010), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2010), Madzia et al. (2018), Carpenter and Galton (2018), Herne et al. (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020), Dalla Vecchia (2020) and Verdú et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Dryosaurus Marsh |
| 1895 | Dryosaurus Marsh |
| 1896 | Dryosaurus Marsh pp. 243-244 |
| 1901 | Dryosaurus Nopcsa p. 209 |
| 1902 | Dryosaurus Hay p. 501 |
| 1902 | Dryosaurus Nopcsa p. 152 |
| 1903 | Dryosaurus Stefano p. 54 |
| 1909 | Dryosaurus Huene p. 16 |
| 1911 | Dryosaurus Lull p. 177 |
| 1911 | Dryosaurus von Zittel p. 289 |
| 1914 | Dryosaurus Huene p. 41 |
| 1923 | Dryosaurus Osborn |
| 1924 | Dryosaurus Lull p. 239 |
| 1925 | Dryosaurus Gilmore p. 400 |
| 1928 | Dryosaurus Nopcsa p. 184 |
| 1930 | Dryosaurus Hay p. 206 |
| 1964 | Dryosaurus Kuhn p. 7 |
| 1964 | Dryosaurus Tatarinov p. 555 |
| 1972 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 465 |
| 1973 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 17 |
| 1973 | Dryosaurus Galton and Jensen p. 129 |
| 1974 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 150 |
| 1974 | Dryosaurus Thulborn p. 171 |
| 1975 | Dryosaurus Thulborn p. 123 |
| 1977 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 230 |
| 1979 | Dryosaurus Jurcsak and Popa p. 40 |
| 1979 | Dryosaurus Madsen and Miller p. 5 |
| 1980 | Dryosaurus Sues p. 70 |
| 1981 | Dryosaurus Colbert p. 50 |
| 1981 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 273 |
| 1981 | Dryosaurus McIntosh p. 30 |
| 1982 | Dryosaurus Jurcsák p. 179 |
| 1982 | Dryosaurus McGinnis p. 95 |
| 1983 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 232 |
| 1983 | Dryosaurus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44 |
| 1984 | Dryosaurus Milner and Norman p. 146 |
| 1984 | Dryosaurus Norman pp. 342-344 fig. 7 |
| 1984 | Dryosaurus Russell p. 23 |
| 1985 | Dryosaurus Cooper p. 295 |
| 1986 | Dryosaurus Sereno |
| 1988 | Dryosaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Dryosaurus Martill p. 183 |
| 1989 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 218 |
| 1989 | Dryosaurus Norman p. 61 fig. 1 |
| 1990 | Dryosaurus Sues and Norman p. 500 |
| 1991 | Dryosaurus Miller et al. p. 40 |
| 1992 | Dryosaurus Grigorescu p. 147 |
| 1992 | Dryosaurus Weishampel and Heinrich p. 166 |
| 1994 | Dryosaurus Chure et al. p. 304 |
| 1997 | Dryosaurus Ryan p. 197 |
| 1997 | Dryosaurus Sereno p. 449 |
| 1998 | Dryosaurus Sereno p. 61 |
| 2002 | Dryosaurus Brochu et al. p. 1060 |
| 2002 | Dryosaurus Buchholz p. 22 |
| 2004 | Dryosaurus Norman p. 414 |
| 2004 | Dryosaurus Novas et al. p. 79 fig. 2C |
| 2004 | Dryosaurus Stanford et al. p. 257 |
| 2005 | Dryosaurus Jouve p. 324 |
| 2005 | Dryosaurus Jouve et al. |
| 2006 | Dryosaurus Chure et al. p. 237 |
| 2006 | Dryosaurus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 227 |
| 2007 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 38 |
| 2007 | Dryosaurus Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 8 |
| 2007 | Dryosaurus Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 203 |
| 2008 | Dryosaurus Butler et al. p. 8 |
| 2009 | Dryosaurus Galton p. 215 |
| 2010 | Dryosaurus Mateus and Milàn p. 254 |
| 2010 | Dryosaurus McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39 |
| 2010 | Dryosaurus Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 84 |
| 2018 | Dryosaurus Carpenter and Galton p. 182 |
| 2018 | Dryosaurus Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4 |
| 2019 | Dryosaurus Herne et al. p. 579 |
| 2020 | Dryosaurus Dalla Vecchia p. 612 |
| 2020 | Dryosaurus Dieudonné et al. |
| 2021 | Dryosaurus Verdú et al. p. 10 fig. 9 |
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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. †Dryosaurus Marsh 1894
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†Dryosaurus altus Marsh 1878
†Dryosaurus elderae Carpenter and Galton 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available