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Eocarcharia

Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae

Taxonomy

Eocarcharia was named by Sereno and Brusatte (2008).

It was assigned to Carcharodontosauridae by Sereno and Brusatte (2008), Brusatte et al. (2009), Carrano et al. (2012), Canale et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Dieudonné et al. (2016), Csiki-Sava et al. (2016) and Candeiro et al. (2018).

Species

E. dinops

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2008	Eocarcharia Sereno and Brusatte pp. 25-26
2009	Eocarcharia Brusatte et al. p. 1055 fig. 3
2012	Eocarcharia Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2013	Eocarcharia Canale et al.
2013	Eocarcharia Novas et al. p. 185
2014	Eocarcharia Hendrickx and Mateus
2016	Eocarcharia Csiki-Sava et al. p. 230
2016	Eocarcharia Dieudonné et al. p. 33
2018	Eocarcharia Candeiro et al. p. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
superfamily	Allosauroidea
family	Carcharodontosauridae
genus	Eocarcharia

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.

G. †Eocarcharia Sereno and Brusatte 2008

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†Eocarcharia dinops Sereno and Brusatte 2008

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
P. C. Sereno and S. L. Brusatte 2008	Same as for only known species.

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: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 125.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian	125.0 - 100.5	Niger (Agadez)	E. dinops (81086 81087)