Dysalotosaurus Virchow 1919 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Dryosauridae

Full reference: H. Virchow. 1919. Atlas und Epistropheus bei den Schildkröten [Atlas and axis in the turtles]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1919(8):303-332

Parent taxon: Dryosauridae according to P.-E. Dieudonné et al. 2020

See also Charig 1967, Colbert 1981, Cooper 1985, Galton 1972, Galton 1973, Galton 1974, Galton 1974, Galton 1977, Galton 1981, Galton and Jensen 1973, Galton and Jensen 1973, Herne et al. 2019, Huene 1934, Janensch 1950, Janensch 1955, Kuhn 1964, Madzia et al. 2018, McDonald et al. 2010, Milner and Norman 1984, Nopcsa 1928, Norman 2004, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2010, Sternberg 1940, Sues 1980, Sues and Norman 1990, Swinton 1936, Swinton 1970, Taquet 1984, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1971, Thulborn 1974, Thulborn 1975, Verdú et al. 2021 and Virchow 1919

Sister taxa: Callovosaurus, Dinehichnus, Dryosaurus, Elrhazosaurus, Valdosaurus

Subtaxa: Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Tendaguru quarry Ig, Kindope (Jurassic of Tanzania)

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