Dacentrurus Lucas 1902 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Stegosauridae

Synonym: Omosaurus Owen 1875 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. A. Lucas. 1902. Paleontological notes. The generic name Omosaurus. A new generic name for Stegosaurus marshi. Science, new series 16(402):435

Parent taxon: Dacentrurinae according to R. Allain et al. 2022

See also Anonymous 1897, Blows 2001, Carpenter et al. 2001, Carroll 1988, Casanovas-Cladellas et al. 1995, Chakravarti 1934, Charig 1967, Cobos and Gascó 2013, Costa and Mateus 2019, Delair 1960, Delair 1960, Delair 1973, Dollo 1884, Dong et al. 1983, Escaso et al. 2007, Escaso et al. 2007, Gadow 1901, Galton 1985, Galton 1990, Galton 1991, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Gilmore 1914, Hay 1902, Hennig 1915, Hoffstetter 1957, Hoffstetter and Brun 1958, Huene 1909, Hulke 1887, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1964, Lucas 1902, Lull 1912, Lull 1924, Lydekker 1888, Maidment et al. 2008, Maidment et al. 2006, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Marsh 1880, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1885, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Mateus et al. 2009, Mateus and Milàn 2010, Naish and Martill 2008, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Olshevsky and Ford 1993, Piveteau 1926, Quenstedt 1882, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Sauvage 1882, Sauvage 1914, Seeley 1892, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1975, Ulansky 2014, von Zittel 1911, Winkler 1893, Zhou 1986 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxon: Miragaia

Subtaxa: Dacentrurus armatus Omosaurus lennieri

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (2)

• Jurassic of France (3), Portugal (9), Spain (9), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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