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Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis

Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis was named by Brusatte and Sereno (2007). Its type specimen is MNN IGU2, a maxilla, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Iguidi, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Echkar Formation of Niger.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Brusatte and Sereno p. 904 figs. 2A-B, 3-7, 8B, 9
2010Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Paulina Carabajal and Canale p. 251
2012Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Carrano et al. p. 225
2012Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Cau et al. p. 662
2012Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Le Loeuff et al. p. 492
2012Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Paulina Carabajal and Currie p. 86
2013Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Canale et al.
2013Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis McFeeters et al. p. 648
2014Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Dalman p. 161
2014Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Fanti et al. p. 40
2015Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Evers et al. p. 7
2016Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Chiarenza and Cau p. 6
2018Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Candeiro et al. p. 3
2018Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Carvalho and Santucci p. 26
2018Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Delcourt and Grillo p. 516

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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
genusCarcharodontosaurus
speciesiguidensis

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.

†Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Brusatte and Sereno 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Niger (Agadez) Carcharodontosauridae indet. (type locality: 58577)