Dorsetisaurus Hoffstetter 1967 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Dorsetisauridae

Synonym: Introrsisaurus Seiffert 1975

Full reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1967. Coup d'oeil sur les Sauriens (lacertiliens) des couches de Purbeck (Jurassique supérieur d'Angleterre Résumé d'un Mémoire). Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 163:349-371

Parent taxon: Dorsetisauridae according to R. Estes 1983

See also Alifanov 1993, Carroll 1988, Hoffstetter 1967, Prothero and Estes 1980 and Seiffert 1975

Sister taxa: Changetisaurinae, Paradorsetisaurus

Subtaxa: Dorsetisaurus hebetidens Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis

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Type: Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (5)

• Jurassic of Portugal (1), United States (6: Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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