Berberosaurus Allain et al. 2007 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: R. Allain, R. S. Tykoski, N. Aquesbi, N.-E. Jalil, M. Monbaron, D. A. Russell, and P. Taquet. 2007. An abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of ceratosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):610-624

Parent taxon: Ceratosauria according to M. T. Carrano 2023

See also Allain et al. 2007, Delcourt 2018, Ezcurra et al. 2010, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Novas et al. 2013 and Tortosa et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Abelisauroidea, Betasuchus, Ceratosauridae, Ceratosauroidea, Ceratosaurus, Dolichosuchus, Genyodectes, Megalosaurus meriani, Neoceratosauria, Noasauridae, Orthogoniosaurus, Pterospondylus, Saltriovenator, Spinostropheus

Subtaxa: Berberosaurus liassicus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Douar of Tazouda, locality B (Jurassic of Morocco)

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