Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Kryptops palaios

Reptilia - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Kryptops palaios was named by Sereno and Brusatte (2008). Its type specimen is MNN GAD1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gadoufaoua, G138, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Kryptops palaios Sereno and Brusatte p. 17 figs. 1A, 2-3, 4A, 5-7
2013Kryptops palaios Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 139
2013Kryptops palaios Novas et al. p. 176
2014Kryptops palaios Fanti et al. p. 40
2014Kryptops palaios Hendrickx and Mateus p. 20
2016Kryptops palaios Chiarenza and Cau p. 6
2016Kryptops palaios Ratsinbaholison et al. p. 282
2018Kryptops palaios Delcourt p. 3
2018Kryptops palaios Delcourt and Grillo p. 516
2018Kryptops palaios Hassler et al. p. 2
2023Kryptops palaios Souza-Júnior et al. p. 2

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
suborderCeratosauria()
familyAbelisauridae
genusKryptops
speciespalaios

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.

†Kryptops palaios Sereno and Brusatte 2008
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. C. Sereno and S. L. Brusatte 2008Abelisaurid theropod characterized by the following two autapomorphies: (1) a deep secondary wall in the anteroventral corner of the antorbital fossa that completely obscures the antorbital fossa and that has a scalloped and fluted dorsal margin and (2) external texture on the maxilla, which is composed of short linear grooves.
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: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Kryptops palaios (type locality: 81086)