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Eustreptospondylinae

Reptilia - Megalosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Eustreptospondylinae Paul p. 287
1992Eustreptospondylinae Bakker et al. p. 10
2004Eustreptospondylinae Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72
2016Eustreptospondylinae Rauhut et al. p. 38

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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
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familyMegalosauridae()
subfamilyEustreptospondylinae
subfamilyEustreptospondylinae

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. †Eustreptospondylinae Paul 1988
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G. †Afrovenator Sereno et al. 1994
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Afrovenator abakensis Sereno et al. 1994
G. †Dubreuillosaurus Allain 2005
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G. †Eustreptospondylus Walker 1964
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G. †Magnosaurus Huene 1932
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Subg. †Megalosaurus (Poekilopleuron) Eudes-Deslongchamps 1837
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Poecilopleuron minor Owen 1878
Poekilopleuron bucklandii Eudes-Deslongchamps 1837
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Invalid names: Megalosaurus poikilopleuron Huene 1923 [objective synonym]
G. †Piveteausaurus Taquet and Welles 1977
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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
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 100 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 170.30000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus nethercombensis (52530)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Niger (Agadez) Afrovenator sp. (104815)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Basse-Normandie) Poekilopleuron bucklandii (49334) Poekilopleuron valesdunensis (28444)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Megalosauria indet. (52552)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Basse-Normandie) Streptospondylus cuvieri (51708) Theropoda indet. (55357)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian164.7 - 157.3France (Basse-Normandie) Theropoda indet. (35909)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Niger (Agadez) Afrovenator abakensis (91375)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Niger (Agadès) Afrovenator abakensis (224317)