Brasileosaurus Huene 1931 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1931. Verschiedene mesozoische Wirbeltierreste aus Südamerika [Different Mesozoic vertebrate remains from South America]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung A 66:181-198

Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to O. Kuhn 1939

See also Carroll 1988, Huene 1931, Price 1959, Romer 1966 and Simpson 1937

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong

Subtaxa: Brasileosaurus pachecoi

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Type: Brasileosaurus pachecoi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Guarucaia, Presidente Bernardes (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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