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Concavenator corcovatus

Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Concavenator corcovatus was named by Ortega et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MCCM-LH 6666, a skeleton, and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Concavenator corcovatus Ortega et al. p. 203 figs. 1, 3-4
2012Concavenator corcovatus Carrano et al. p. 228
2013Concavenator corcovatus Llandres Serrano et al. p. 572
2014Concavenator corcovatus Sanz et al. p. 48
2015Concavenator corcovatus Cuesta et al. p. 54
2017Concavenator corcovatus Moratalla et al. p. 2
2019Concavenator corcovatus Malafaia et al. p. 170
2020Concavenator corcovatus Malafaia et al. p. 6
2021Concavenator corcovatus Navarro-Lorbés et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
familyCarcharodontosauridae
genusConcavenator
speciescorcovatus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Concavenator corcovatus Ortega et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Ortega et al. 2010A carcharodontosaurian having four recesses, three of them connected, on the nasal bones; a large, rounded, thickened postorbital brow occupying one-third of the orbit; tall neurapophyses of the eleventh and twelfth dorsal vertebrae (five times the height of the centra); relatively high, cranially directed neurapophyses of the second and third caudal vertebrae; and a small, thorn-like caudal process at the base of each neurapophysis of the proximal caudal vertebrae. In addition, Concavenator presents a unique combination of characters: the heavily rugose (wrinkled) dorsal surface of the nasal bone, shared with more derived carcharodontosaurids and abelisaurids; the anterior end of the jugal bone posterior to the internal antorbital fenestra; the thick dorsoventral anterior process of the lacrimal bone; light rugosity on the lacrimal horn; no fenestra on the lacrimal bone; the anteriormost point of the lateral lamina of the ventral process in the lacrimal situated dorsal to the mid-height of the ventral process, with a distinct rugose patch on the lateral surface; no suborbital process on the lacrimal bone; weak enamel wrinkles on teeth adjacent to the carinae that do not extend across the labial and lingual tooth surfaces, (shared with Tyrannotitan and carcharodontosaurines); no crown recurvature, (shared with carcharodontosaurines); accessory centrodiapophyseal lamina on the transverse processes of the posterior dorsal vertebrae, (shared with baryonychines); the prominent rugose distal tubercle on the ischium (part of the hip bone); quill knobs in the posterolateral margin of the ulna, (shared with derived maniraptorans); and the preacetabular blade of the ilium having a convex ventral portion of the cranial edge and hook-like ventral process, (shared with tyrannosaurs).
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012Allosauroid with: (1) four pneumatic recesses in nasal, three of which are connected; (2) rounded postorbital brow occupying one-third of orbital fenestra; (3) dorsal vertebrae 11–12 with neural spines five times centrum height; (4) caudal vertebrae 2–3 with tall, anteriorly angled neural spines; and (5) pollex terminates at or below distal end of phalanx I of digit II (all from Ortega et al. 2010).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Concavenator corcovatus (type locality: 28006)