Irritator challengeri Martill et al. 1996 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae

Alternative combination: Irritator challenger

Full reference: D. M. Martill, A. R. I. Cruickshank, E. Frey, P. G. Small, and M. Clarke. 1996. A new crested maniraptoran dinosaur from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil. Journal of the Geological Society, London 153:5-8

Belongs to Irritator according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2018, Arden et al. 2019, Aureliano et al. 2018, Bertozzo et al. 2013, Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Buffetaut 2007, Buffetaut and Ouaja 2002, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro et al. 2011, Candeiro et al. 2006, Canudo et al. 2008, de França et al. 2021, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Furtado et al. 2013, Gianechini et al. 2011, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Hendrickx et al. 2016, Holtz et al. 2004, Kellner 1996, Kellner et al. 2011, Machado et al. 2008, Malafaia et al. 2020, Martill et al. 1996, Mateus et al. 2011, Medeiros 2006, Pereira et al. 2020, Rauhut 2003, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sereno et al. 2008, Sues et al. 2002 and Wongko et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 58022, a skull. Its type locality is Buxéxé, Santana do Cariri, which is in an Aptian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/limestone in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Buxéxé, Santana do Cariri

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