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Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis was named by Christiansen and Bonde (2003). Its type specimen is MGUH 27218/DK 315, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is A/S Carl Nielsen's sand pit, lower sands, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal sandstone/claystone in the Jydegaard Formation of Denmark. It is the type species of Dromaeosauroides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis Bonde and Christiansen p. 24
2003Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis Christiansen and Bonde p. 291 fig. 3
2004Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis Bonde p. 520
2005Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis Milàn and Bromley p. 7
2014Dromaeosaurides bornholmensis Clemmensen et al. p. 485

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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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
genusDromaeosauroides
speciesbornholmensis

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.

Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis Christiansen and Bonde 2003
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Denmark (Bornholm) Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis (type locality: 68331)