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Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus

Reptilia - Eubrontidae

Taxonomy
Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus was named by Gabuniya and Kurbatov (1982). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Tashkent Geological Museum 8/849, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mergandava Creek tracksite, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian terrestrial limestone in the Kurek Formation of Uzbekistan.

It was recombined as Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus by Lockley et al. (2000), Boutakiout et al. (2008), Jiménez Hernández et al. (2012), Fanti et al. (2013), McCrea et al. (2014), Cobos et al. (2014), Castanera et al. (2016), Razzolini et al. (2017), Marty et al. (2018), Rauhut et al. (2018) and Xing et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus Gabuniya and Kurbatov p. 324 figs. 5, 8
1982Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus Gabunyia and Kurbatov
1985Turkmenosaurus kugitangensis Amanniyazov p. 27
1988Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus Gabuniya and Kurbatov p. 52 fig. 8
1993Karkushosauropus karkushensis Novikov and Dzhalilov
1998Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus Meyer p. 394
2000Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Lockley et al. p. 324
2008Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Boutakiout et al. p. 22
2009Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus Boutakiout et al. p. 42
2012Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Jiménez Hernández et al. p. 35
2013Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Fanti et al. p. 64
2014Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Cobos et al. p. 36
2014Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus McCrea et al. p. 9
2016Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Castanera et al. p. 71
2017Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Razzolini et al. p. 16
2018Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Marty et al. p. 943
2018Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Rauhut et al. p. 16
2020Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus Bessedik et al. p. 36
2020Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Xing et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
familyEubrontidae
genusMegalosauripusLessertisseur 1955
speciesuzbekistanicus(Gabuniya and Kurbatov 1982)

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.

Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus Gabuniya and Kurbatov 1982
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Invalid names: Karkushosauropus karkushensis Novikov and Dzhalilov 1993 [synonym], Turkmenosaurus kugitangensis Amanniyazov 1985 [synonym]
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: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Portugal (Setúbal) Theropoda indet. (55422)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Turkmenistan (Lebap) Turkmenosaurus kugitangensis (59629)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Uzbekistan (Kashkadarya) Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus (type locality: 55420 59635)