Cryptosaurus
"hidden lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Cryptosaurus Seeley, 1869 [nomen dubium]
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • C. eumerus Seeley, 1875 [nomen dubium]
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Thyreophora
Ankylosauria

see also: Genus Index, Classification


TIME

Oxfordian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

England

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

This genus was renamed Cryptodraco because the name Cryptosaurus was thought to be preoccupied, but this was not the case. (The other animal, a lizard, was actually named Cystosaurus.)


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