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Kryptops

Osteichthyes - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy

Kryptops was named by Sereno and Brusatte (2008).

It was assigned to Abelisauridae by Sereno and Brusatte (2008), Novas et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Tortosa et al. (2014), Gianechini et al. (2015), Filippi et al. (2016), Ratsinbaholison et al. (2016), Delcourt (2018).

Species

K. palaios

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2008	Kryptops Sereno and Brusatte p. 17
2013	Kryptops Novas et al. p. 176
2014	Kryptops Hendrickx and Mateus
2014	Kryptops Tortosa et al. p. 70
2015	Kryptops Gianechini et al.
2016	Kryptops Filippi et al. p. 217 fig. 9
2016	Kryptops Ratsinbaholison et al. p. 282
2018	Kryptops Delcourt p. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
suborder	Ceratosauria	()
family	Abelisauridae
genus	Kryptops

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.

G. †Kryptops Sereno and Brusatte 2008

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†Kryptops palaios Sereno and Brusatte 2008

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
P. C. Sereno and S. L. Brusatte 2008	Same as for only known species.

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

References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian	121.4 - 100.5	Niger (Agadez)	K. palaios (81086)