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Dilophosauripus

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Dilophosauripus was named by Welles (1971). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Dilophosauripus williamsi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eubrontes by Lucas et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Grallatoridae by Welles (1971); and to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003).

Species
D. williamsi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Dilophosauripus Welles p. 29
2003Dilophosauripus Romero Molina et al. p. 24

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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()
familyGrallatoridae
genusDilophosauripus

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. †Dilophosauripus Welles 1971
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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: 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 Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 201.30000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3USA (Arizona) D. sp. (38886 126607)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Hettangian208.5 - 196.5France (Occitanie) D. sp. (206455)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3France (Occitanie) D. sp. (219703 223710 223711)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3France (Region Midi-Pyrenees) D. williamsi (31308)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5USA (Arizona) Dinosauria indet. (51897)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France D. williamsi (223717 223718 223719)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France (Occitanie) D. williamsi (190122)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.3 - 182.7USA (Arizona) D. sp. (36272)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Occitanie) D. sp. (223714)