[D] Rutellum implicatum [noG]
Describer
Lhuyd, 1699
Time
Jurassic
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Thames gravels or Coral Rag, Oxfordshire, 8 km SW of Whitney, Carswell, England
Info
Genus
The oldest species binominal of a dinosaur thus far discovered in the literature, named Rutellum by Lhuyd in 1699 preceding by nearly 60 years the origin of the Linnaean system and therefore not a scientifically valid name; catalogued here as a nomen oblitum (forgotten name)
Lhuyd, 1699 specimen #1352 (University of Oxford collection, lost) Hypodigm APK: \\\"Type\\\" tooth only, as reported and illustrated by Delair & Sarjeant, 2002, identified as a cetiosaurid tooth
Delair, Justin B. & Sarjeant, William A. S., 2002. \\\"The earliest discoveries of dinosaurs; the records re-examined,\\\" Proceedings of the Geologists\\\' Association 113: 185-197.
Lhuyd, E., 1699. Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia, sive, lapidium aliorumque fossilium Britannicorum singulari figura insignium, Gleditsch & Weidmann, London [pagination not available].