Full reference: J. M. Sayão, A. A. F. Saraiva, A. S. Brum, R. A. M. Bantim, R. C. L. Pedroso Andrade, X. Cheng, F. Jorge Lima, H. Paula Silva, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2020. The first theropod dinosaur (Coelurosauria, Theropoda) from the base of the Romualdo Formation (Albian), Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil. Scientific Reports 10(10892)
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to J. M. Sayão et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Aratasaurus museunacionali
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mina Pedra Branca (black shale layer) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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