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Dicraeosaurinae (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Dicraeosaurinae was named by Janensch (1929). It is not extant. Its type is Dicraeosaurus.

It was assigned to Titanosauridae by Romer (1956); to Atlantosauridae by Steel (1970), Swinton (1970) and Nowinski (1971); to Cetiosauridae by Kurzanov and Bannikov (1983); and to Diplodocidae by McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990), Russell (1996), McIntosh (1997), Salgado (1999) and Maryanska (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1929	Dicraeosaurinae Janensch
1956	Dicraeosaurinae Romer p. 624
1970	Dicraeosaurinae Steel p. 81
1970	Dicraeosaurinae Swinton p. 178
1971	Dicraeosaurinae Nowinski p. 58
1983	Dicraeosaurinae Kurzanov and Bannikov p. 91
1990	Dicraeosaurinae McIntosh p. 56
1996	Dicraeosaurinae Russell p. 387
1997	Dicraeosaurinae McIntosh p. 657
1999	Dicraeosaurinae Salgado p. 204
2000	Dicraeosaurinae Maryanska p. 458

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Sauropoda	()
—	Gravisauria
—	Eusauropoda
—	Neosauropoda
—	Diplodocoidea	()
—	Diplodocimorpha
—	Flagellicaudata
—	Diplodocidae	()
subfamily	Dicraeosaurinae
subfamily	Dicraeosaurinae

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.

Subfm. †Dicraeosaurinae Janensch 1929

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteinfrao

Entire body:

yesinfrao

Adult length:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult width:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult height:

10 to < 100infrao

Thickness:

thickinfrao

Architecture:

compact or denseinfrao

Form:

sphericalinfrao

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partsinfrao

Grouping:

gregariousinfrao

Environment:

terrestrialinfrao

Locomotion:

actively mobileinfrao

Life habit:

ground dwellinginfrao

Diet:

herbivoreinfrao

Reproduction:

oviparousinfrao

Dispersal:

direct/internalinfrao

Dispersal 2:

mobileinfrao

Created:

2004-12-14 12:49:10

Modified:

2004-12-14 14:49:10

Source: infrao = infraorder

Reference: Marsh 1875

Collections

No collection or age range data are available