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Vitakrisauridae

Osteichthyes - Vitakrisauridae

Taxonomy

Vitakrisauridae was named by Malkani (2010).

It was assigned to Vitakrisauria by Malkani (2010); and to Abelisauroidea by Malkani (2019), Malkani (2020).

Subtaxa

Rajasaurinae, Samanadrinda, Vitakrisaurinae, Vitakrisaurus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2010	Vitakrisauridae Malkani p. 46
2019	Vitakrisauridae Malkani p. 643
2020	Vitakrisauridae Malkani p. 511

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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	()
superfamily	Abelisauroidea
family	Vitakrisauridae
family	Vitakrisauridae

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.

Fm. †Vitakrisauridae Malkani 2010

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G. †Samanadrinda Malkani 2007

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†Samanadrinda surghari Malkani 2007

Subfm. †Vitakrisaurinae Malkani 2010

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G. †Vitakridrinda Malkani 2004

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†Vitakridrinda sulaimani Malkani 2004

G. †Vitakrisaurus Malkani 2010

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†Vitakrisaurus saraiki Malkani 2010

Invalid names: Rajasaurinae Malkani 2010 [empty]

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:

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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 174.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic	174.7 - 161.5	Pakistan (Punjab)	Samanadrinda surghari (80011)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Pakistan (Balochistan)	Vitakridrinda sulaimani (78055 79428 79429 79665 79666) Vitakridrinda sulaimani, Vitakrisaurus saraiki (53153 79664 79670)