Cryptosaurus
Cryptosaurus | |
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Femur | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
Genus: | †Cryptosaurus Seeley, 1869 |
Species: | †C. eumerus
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Binomial name | |
†Cryptosaurus eumerus Seeley, 1875
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Synonyms | |
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Cryptosaurus (meaning "hidden lizard")[1] is a dubious genus of dinosaur known from a partial femur from the Late Jurassic of England. The sole species is Cryptosaurus eumerus.
The femur was found by the
The holotype, CAMSM J.46882,[4] was discovered in the Great Gransden brick pit, in strata of the Ampthill Clay Formation, dating from the upper Oxfordian. The right femur is about 33 centimetres long and has a thick shaft. It belonged to an adult or at least subadult individual, meaning that the species was rather small.
Seeley thought that Cryptosaurus was a relative of
Cryptosaurus was for a long time known as Cryptodraco, which is an unnecessary replacement name. In 1889,
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-439-78722-2. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ H.G. Seeley, 1869, Index to the Fossil Remains of Aves, Ornithosauria, and Reptilia from the Secondary System of Strata, arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge. III, Cambridge University Press[page needed]
- S2CID 129929352.
- ^ Photo of Cryptosaurus SM J 46882 – Holotype, archived from the original on 2018-04-28
- ^ P.M. Galton, 1983, "Armored dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Middle and Upper Jurassic of Europe", Palaeontographica Abteilung A 182(1-3): 1-25
- S2CID 128586645.