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Baryonychinae

Reptilia - Spinosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Crocodilus cultridens Owen
1842Suchosaurus cultridens Owen p. 12
1842Suchosaurus Owen p. 67
1842Suchosaurus cultridens Owen p. 67
1845Suchosaurus Meyer p. 283
1846Succhosaurus cultridens Plieninger p. 151
1849Succhosaurus d'Orbigny p. 206
1851Suchosaurus cultridens Mantell p. 276
1854Suchosaurus Owen p. 14
1860Suchosaurus Owen p. 271
1861Suchosaurus Owen p. 300
1861Suchosaurus cultridens Owen p. 305
1864Suchosaurus Costa p. 10
1864Suchosaurus cultridens Costa p. 11
1869Suchosaurus cultridens Seeley p. 82
1878Suchosaurus Owen p. 12
1878Suchosaurus cultridens Owen p. 12
1882Succhosaurus Quenstedt p. 167
1882Succhosaurus cultridens Quenstedt p. 167
1888Suchosaurus cultridens Lydekker p. 90
1890Suchosaurus Zittel p. 672
1896Suchosaurus cultridens Sauvage p. 47
1896Suchosaurus Sauvage p. 48
1898Suchosaurus girardi Sauvage p. 27
1898Suchosaurus cultridens Sauvage p. 444
1927Suchosaurus cultridens Royo y Gomez p. 127
1960Suchosaurus cultridens Bataller p. 157
1986Baryonychidae Charig and Milner p. 359
1988Suchosaurus Carroll
1990Baryonychidae Charig and Milner p. 139
1992Baryonychidae Molnar p. 266
1995Baryonychidae Viera and Torres p. 60
1997Baryonychidae Charig and Milner p. 13
1997Baryonychidae Milner p. 699
1998Baryonychinae Sereno et al. p. 1302
1998Cristatusaurus Taquet and Russell p. 350
1998Cristatusaurus lapparenti Taquet and Russell p. 350 figs. 1e-j
2002Baryonychinae Buffetaut and Ouaja p. 419
2002Suchosaurus Sepkoski
2003Baryonychidae Rauhut p. 146
2004Baryonychinae Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72
2004Cristatusaurus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73
2004Cristatusaurus lapparenti Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73
2007Baryonychinae Buffetaut
2007Suchosaurus Buffetaut
2007Suchosaurus cultridens Buffetaut
2007Baryonychinae Naish and Martill p. 502
2007Baryonychinae Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 191
2008Suchosaurus Buffetaut p. 27
2010Suchosaurus Buffetaut p. 186
2010Suchosaurus cultridens Buffetaut p. 186
2011Cristatusaurus Kellner et al. p. 104
2011Cristatusaurus lapparenti Kellner et al. p. 104
2011Baryonychinae Kellner et al. p. 105
2011Baryonychinae Mateus et al. p. 54
2011Cristatusaurus Mateus et al. p. 54
2011Cristatusaurus lapparenti Mateus et al. p. 54
2011Suchosaurus Mateus et al. p. 57
2012Baryonychinae Allain et al. p. 370
2012Baryonychinae Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2013Cristatusaurus lapparenti Bertozzo et al. p. 119
2014Cristatusaurus lapparenti Fanti et al. p. 40
2018Cristatusaurus lapparenti Hassler et al. p. 2
2019Baryonychinae Arden et al. p. 279–280
2020Baryonychinae Malafaia et al. p. 432
2021Baryonychinae Barker et al. p. 8
2023Baryonychinae Carrano

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

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.

Subfm. †Baryonychinae Charig and Milner 1986
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G. †Baryonyx Charig and Milner 1986
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Baryonyx walkeri Charig and Milner 1986
Unr. †Ceratosuchopsini Barker et al. 2021
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G. †Ceratosuchops Barker et al. 2021
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Ceratosuchops inferodios Barker et al. 2021
G. †Riparovenator Barker et al. 2021
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Riparovenator milnerae Barker et al. 2021
G. †Suchomimus Sereno et al. 1998
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Suchomimus tenerensis Sereno et al. 1998
G. †Protathlitis Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023
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Protathlitis cinctorrensis Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023
G. †Vallibonavenatrix Malafaia et al. 2019
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Vallibonavenatrix cani Malafaia et al. 2019
Invalid names: Cristatusaurus Taquet and Russell 1998 [nomen dubium], Suchosaurus Owen 1842 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. J. Charig and A. C. Milner 1986As for genus Baryonyx, below.
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
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1000 kgg
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: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Albian or 140.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Brazil (Sergipe) Baryonychinae indet. (187200)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Spain (Aragon) Baryonyx sp. (232344)
Neocomian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Spain (Aragón) Suchosaurus cultridens (61317)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Suchosaurus sp. (58094)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Baryonyx walkeri (96621) Suchosaurus cultridens (52258)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Baryonychidae indet. (53888) Megalosaurus dunkeri (53886)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Baryonychidae indet. (84212) Baryonychinae indet. (84213)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Spain (Castellón) Baryonychinae indet. (169278)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Spain (Castilla y León) Baryonyx sp. (68464 89271 89277 131492)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Aptian136.4 - 113.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Baryonyx sp. (89274)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Libya (Ghadamis) Baryonyx sp. (110504)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Baryonyx walkeri (45193)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Baryonychidae indet. (28196) Baryonychinae indet. (59080 89275 96073) Theropoda indet. B, Dromaeosaurinae indet. 2, Baryonychinae indet. (53921)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Portugal (Centro) Suchosaurus sp. (49255)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Portugal (Lisboa) Baryonyx sp. (189306)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Baryonyx walkeri (45194)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Valenciana) Baryonychidae indet. (61375) Baryonychinae indet. (61325 61326) Spinosauridae indet. (89291 89293) Suchosaurus cultridens (61324) Vallibonavenatrix cani (84211)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castellón) Baryonychinae indet. (169162)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Spain (Castilla y Leon) Baryonychidae indet. (68471) Baryonyx sp. (89283)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Spain (La Rioja) Baryonyx walkeri (89278)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) Ceratosuchops inferodios (223358) Riparovenator milnerae (223359)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (La Rioja) Baryonyx sp. (170037)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Niger (Agadez) Spinosauridae indet. (37200)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Suchomimus tenerensis (60029 133668)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Cameroon (Nord) Spinosaurus sp., Spinosauridae indet. (38918)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Tunisia (Tataouine) Baryonyx sp. (125935)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (13274)