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Erectopus

Reptilia - Metriacanthosauridae

Taxonomy

Erectopus was named by Huene (1923). Its type is Megalosaurus superbus. It is the type genus of Erectopodidae.

It was assigned to Carnosauria by Huene (1923); to Megalosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Erectopodidae by Stromer (1934); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Megalosauridae by Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Molnar (1980), Buffetaut et al. (1981), Carroll (1988); to Allosaurinae by Paul (1988); to Torvosauridae by Kurzanov (1989); to Tetanurae by Holtz et al. (2004); to Allosauroidea by Allain (2005); and to Metriacanthosauridae by Carrano et al. (2012).

Species

E. sauvagei, E. superbus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1923	Erectopus Huene p. 453
1928	Erectopus Nopcsa p. 183
1934	Erectopus Stromer p. 80
1939	Erectopus Kuhn p. 76
1956	Erectopus Romer p. 615
1964	Erectopus Tatarinov p. 537
1966	Erectopus Romer p. 369
1970	Erectopus Steel p. 31
1980	Erectopus Molnar p. 137
1981	Erectopus Buffetaut et al. p. 279
1988	Erectopus Carroll
1988	Erectopus Paul pp. 316-317
1989	Erectopus Kurzanov p. 4
2004	Erectopus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73
2005	Erectopus Allain p. 75
2012	Erectopus Carrano et al. p. 254

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
superfamily	Allosauroidea
family	Metriacanthosauridae
genus	Erectopus

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. †Erectopus Huene 1923

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†Erectopus sauvagei Huene 1932

†Erectopus superbus Sauvage 1882

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yesg

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:

1000 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:

2005-08-24 13:27:47

Modified:

2005-08-24 15:27:47

Source: g = genus, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 125.77000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Portugal	Megalosaurus superbus (73351)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	France (Lorraine)	Megalosaurus bucklandi (53950)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Megalosaurus bucklandi (55335)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)	Cionodon sp. (55337)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Megalosaurus superbus (55336)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt (Matruh)	E. sauvagei (25127 51750)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt (Al Jizah)	E. sauvagei (51746)