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Theiophytalia kerri ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	104631	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=104631

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Theiophytalia : Theiophytalia kerri

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Ornithischia
-	Neornithischia
-	Ornithopoda
-	Iguanodontia
-	Dryomorpha	Sereno 1986
-	Ankylopollexia	Sereno 1986
-	Styracosterna	Sereno 1986
genus	Theiophytalia	Brill and Carpenter 2007
species	Theiophytalia kerri	Brill and Carpenter 2007

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Theiophytalia kerri	species	belongs to Theiophytalia	stated with evidence	Brill and Carpenter, 2007
Theiophytalia kerri	species	belongs to Theiophytalia	stated without evidence	McDonald et al., 2010
Theiophytalia kerri	species	belongs to Theiophytalia	stated with evidence	Zheng et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Ornithischia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ornithischia)

Diet

herbivore (based on Ornithopoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. Brill and K. Carpenter. 2007. A description of a new ornithopod from the Lytle Member of the Purgatoire Formation (Lower Cretaceous) and a reassessment of the skull of Camptosaurus. In K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2007	Theiophytalia kerri Brill and Carpenter p. 59 figs. 3.4A-D
2010	Theiophytalia kerri Carpenter and Ishida p. 156
2010	Theiophytalia kerri McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2010	Theiophytalia kerri McDonald et al. p. 808 fig. 10
2010	Theiophytalia kerri Milito p. 8
2013	Theiophytalia kerri Zheng et al.

References

Brill K., Carpenter K. (2007) A description of a new ornithopod from the Lytle Member of the Purgatoire Formation (Lower Cretaceous) and a reassessment of the skull of Camptosaurus, Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs, 49-67

Carpenter K., Ishida Y. (2010) Early and "middle" Cretaceous iguanodonts in time and space, Journal of Iberian Geology 36 2, 145-164 doi:10.5209/rev_JIGE.2010.v36.n2.3

McDonald A. T., Kirkland J. I., et al (2010) New basal iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs, PLoS One 5 11, e14075:1-35 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014075

McDonald A. T., Wolfe D. G., et al (2010) A new basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Turonian of New Mexico, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 3, 799-812

Milito S. (2010) A survey of fossils and geology of Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Colorado Springs, Colorado, The Mountain Geologist 47 1, 1-14

Zheng W., Jin X., et al (2013) An early juvenile specimen of Bolong yixianensis (Ornithopoda: Iguanodontia from the Lower Cretaceous of Ningcheng County, Nei Mongol, China, Historical Biology doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.809347

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