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Eotyrannus lengi

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy
Eotyrannus lengi was named by Hutt et al. (2001). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MIWG 1997.550. Its type locality is Eotyrannus type, SW Isle of Wight (PROXY), which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian floodplain claystone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Eotyrannus lengi Hutt et al. p. 229 figs. 3-8
2001Eotyrannus lengi Naish et al. p. 290
2003Eotyrannus lengi Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 297
2004Eotyrannus lengi Holtz, Jr. p. 112
2007Eotyrannus lengi Naish and Martill p. 504
2013Eotyrannus lengi Poropat and Kear p. 105
2013Eotyrannus lengi Thomson et al. p. 71
2014Eotyrannus lengi Hendrickx and Mateus p. 21
2015Eotyrannus lengi Weems and Bachman p. 217
2017Eotyrannus lengi Carr et al. p. 9s
2020Eotyrannus lengi Barker et al.
2020Eotyrannus lengi Lamanna et al. p. 256

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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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
genusEotyrannus
specieslengi

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.

†Eotyrannus lengi Hutt et al. 2001
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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
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 Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 136.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Eotyrannus lengi (type locality: 55518)