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Cryolophosaurus ellioti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cryolophosaurus ellioti was named by Hammer and Hickerson (1994). Its type specimen is FMNH PR 1821, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Kirkpatrick, Beardmore Glacier, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian fluvial siltstone in the Hanson Formation of Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer and Hickerson pp. 828-830 figs. 2-3
1996Cryolophosaurus ellioti Gasparini et al. p. 583
1996Cryolophosaurus ellioti Molnar et al. p. 671
1996Cryolophosaurus ellioti Rich p. 715
1997Cryolophosaurus ellioti Vickaryous and Ryan p. 488
2004Cryolophosaurus ellioti Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 74
2005Cryolophosaurus ellioti Smith et al. p. 116A
2007Cryolophosaurus ellioti Smith and Pol p. 658
2010Cryolophosaurus ellioti Langer et al. p. 91
2012Cryolophosaurus ellioti Carrano et al. p. 229
2013Cryolophosaurus ellioti Coria et al. p. 186
2014Cryolophosaurus ellioti Delsate and Ezcurra p. 175
2016Cryolophosaurus ellioti Martill et al. p. 33
2017Cryolophosaurus ellioti Ezcurra p. 513
2018Cryolophosaurus ellioti Dal Sasso et al. p. 30
2019Cryolophosaurus ellioti Zahner and Brinkmann p. 1146
2023Cryolophosaurus elloiti Zhang 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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
genusCryolophosaurus
speciesellioti

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.

†Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer and Hickerson 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012Theropod with: (1) transversely oriented, curved midline lacrimal crest bearing fluted anterior and posterior surfaces; (2) lower temporal fenestra constricted by approximated jugal and squamosal; and (3) elongate anterior processes on cervical ribs (all from Smith et al. 2007).
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 Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Antarctica Tetanurae indet. (type locality: 47135)