| Dryptosauroides | |
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| Vertebrae from the holotype | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Genus: | †Dryptosauroides Huene, 1932vide Huene & Matley, 1933 |
| Species: | †D. grandis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dryptosauroides grandis Huene & Matley, 1933 | |
Dryptosauroides (meaning "similar in form toDryptosaurus") is adubiousgenus of possiblyabelisauroidtheropoddinosaur from theLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Lameta Formation ofIndia. It has been estimated at 10 metres (33 ft) long and 1.5 tonnes (1.7 short tons) in weight.[1]
Itsfossils consist of six caudalvertebrae, together formingtype specimens GSI IM K20/334, 609, K27/549, 601, 602 and 626. The vertebrae, originally incorrectly identified as dorsals, are 13 to 14 centimetres (5.1 to 5.5 in) long. These remains are today commonly considered to be indistinguishable from those of other theropods from the same formation. A cervical vertebra, four rib heads, and a dorsal rib have also been assigned toDryptosauroides (D. sp.), but they may have belonged to a different theropod.
Thetype species,Dryptosauroides grandis, was named byFriedrich von Huene in 1932[2] and described by him andCharles Alfred Matley in 1933.[3] Thespecific namegrandis means "large" inLatin.
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