Erectopus

Erectopus is a Théropode (comparable with the Allosaure) of the beginning of the Crétacé which lived in what will be later is France. The fossils were discovered at the end of the 19th century in the phosphate layer of Penthèive with Louppy-the-Castle where remainders of Plésiosaure S were also discovered, Ichthyosaure S and Crocodile S.

In 1882, the bones, which were in the private collection of Louis Pierson, were describe per Wild H.E. which classified them in the Taxon Megalosaurus superbus. In 1932, Friedrich von Huene (1875-1969), showed that they did not belong to the kind Megalosaurus and placed them in new a taxon, Erectopus sauvagei.

After the dispersion of the collection of Pierson, the fossils disappeared to reappear at the end of the 20th century to the National Muséum of Natural history of Paris and in private collections. They were placed by Allain (2005, p. 83) like Erectopus superbus in the family of the Allosaure S and the species was described as being a Carnosaure. It is the 3rd younger known European carnosaure in Europe at the beginning of the Cretaceous with the " théropode of Montmirat" (Valangian) of the south of France and the Neovenator salerii (Barremian) of the island of Wight.

References

Allain, R. 2005. The enigmatic theropod dinosaur Erectopus superbus (Wild, 1882) from the Lower Albian off Louppy-the-Castle (Meuse, France). in Carpenter, K. 2005. The Carnivorous Dinosaurs , Indiana University Near: 72-86.
Huene, F. 1926. The carnivorous Saurischia in the Jura and Cretaceous formations, principally in Europe. Revista del Museo of Plata 29:35 - 167.
Huene, F. 1932. Fossil Die Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. Monographien zur Geology und Palaeontologie , ser. 1:1 - 361.
Wild, H.E. 1882. Research on the reptiles found in Gault of the east of the Basin of Paris. Memories of the geological Company of France 4:439 - 442.

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