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Calamosaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Calamosaurus was named by Lydekker (1891). Its type is Calamospondylus foxi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Calamospondylus by Nopcsa (1901), Swinton (1936), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966) and Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by Naish et al. (2001).

It was assigned to Coeluridae by Lydekker (1891) and Van Den Broeck (1900); to Coelurosauria by Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo (2003); and to Tyrannosauroidea by Naish and Martill (2007).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Calamosaurus Lydekker p. 43
1900Calamosaurus Van Den Broeck p. 83
2003Calamosaurus Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 297
2007Calamosaurus Naish and Martill p. 504

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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
Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
genusCalamosaurus

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. †Calamosaurus Lydekker 1891
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Calamosaurus foxi Lydekker 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 129.40000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Calamospondylus foxi (92917)