Craterosaurus pottonensis Seeley, 1874
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- genus
- Craterosaurus
- species
- Craterosaurus pottonensis
Abstract
Craterosaurus (meaning krater reptile or bowl reptile) was a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur. It lived during the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian to Barremian stages) around 145-136 million years ago. Its fossils were found in the Woburn Sands Formation of England. Craterosaurus may actually be a junior synonym of Regnosaurus,Parker, Steve. Dinosaurus: the complete guide to dinosaurs. Firefly Books Inc, 2003. Pg. 348 but only one fossil, a partial vertebra, was recovered. The type (and only known) species is Craterosaurus pottonensis, described in 1874 by Harry Seeley. The specific name refers to the Potton bonebed. Seeley mistook the fossil, holotype SMC B.28814, for the base of a cranium. Franz Nopcsa in 1912 correctly identified it as the front part of a neural arch.Nopcsa, F., 1912, "Notes on British dinosaurs. Pt. IV. Craterosaurus (Seeley)", Geological Magazine, (ser. 5), 9: 481-484 Craterosaurus was placed in Stegosauria by Galton, although subsequent authors did not recognize Craterosaurus as a distinct, valid taxon. Size comparison, based on Kentrosaurus
Name
- Homonyms
- Craterosaurus pottonensis Seeley, 1874
- Common names
- Craterosaurus in 英語