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Dorsetisaurus

Reptilia - Dorsetisauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Dorsetisaurus Hoffstetter p. 363 figs. 9-11
1975Introrsisaurus Seiffert p. 38 figs. 30-31
1980Dorsetisaurus Prothero and Estes
1983Dorsetisaurus Estes
1988Dorsetisaurus Carroll
1993Dorsetisaurus Alifanov p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyDorsetisauridaeHoffstetter 1967
genusDorsetisaurus

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. †Dorsetisaurus Hoffstetter 1967
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Dorsetisaurus hebetidens Hoffstetter 1967
Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis Hoffstetter 1967
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Invalid names: Introrsisaurus pollicidens Seiffert 1975 [synonym]
Invalid names: Introrsisaurus Seiffert 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 157.30000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Introrsisaurus pollicidens (24563)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) D. sp. (231533)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (12816 39431)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) D. sp. (53040)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (39426)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Colorado) D. sp. (71476)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (28401 28995)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) D. purbeckensis, D. hebetidens (72142) D. sp. (52312)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (62637)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mongolia (Övörkhangai Aymag) D. sp. (77191)