Reptilia - Theropoda - Ceratosauridae

Synonym: Labrosauridae Marsh 1882

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1884. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part VIII. The order Theropoda. The American Journal of Science, series 3 27:329-340

Parent taxon: Ceratosauria according to C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus 2014

See also Arldt 1909, Bakker 1986, Barsbold 1983, Bonaparte 1991, Bonaparte et al. 1990, Carroll 1988, Chure et al. 2006, Delcourt 2018, Dollo 1884, Gilmore 1920, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1909, Huene 1926, Huene 1929, Huene 1948, Jaekel 1914, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lydekker 1888, Maleev 1968, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Marsh 1882, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1885, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Mateus et al. 2006, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2004, Russell 1984, Sauvage 1882, Steel 1970, Stromer 1934, Tatarinov 1964, Vetter 1884, von Zittel 1911, Winkler 1893 and Zittel 1890

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

Subtaxa: Ceratosaurus roechlingi Fosterovenator

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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