†unranked clade Ceratosauria Marsh 1884 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Alternative spelling: Cerastosauria

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1884. The classification and affinities of dinosaurian reptiles. Nature 31:68-69

Parent taxon: Neotheropoda according to M. A. Baiano et al. 2021

See also Baiano et al. 2020, Benton 1990, Bonaparte 1991, Carrano et al. 2012, Currie 1997, Delcourt and Iori 2020, Ezcurra 2006, Ezcurra et al. 2010, Ezcurra and Cuny 2007, Gasparini et al. 2015, Gauthier 1986, Gauthier et al. 1989, Gauthier and Padian 1985, Gianechini et al. 2015, Giaretta et al. 2023, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz 1994, Holtz 1995, Holtz 1998, Holtz 2000, Holtz and Padian 1995, Long and Murry 1995, Longrich et al. 2017, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1885, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Mateus et al. 2006, Méndez et al. 2022, Novas 1992, Osmolska 1990, Paul 1988, Pérez-Moreno et al. 1994, Poropat et al. 2020, Rauhut 2003, Rauhut 2004, Rowe 1989, Rowe and Gauthier 1990, Sampson et al. 1998, Sereno 1995, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Sereno et al. 1994, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, Wilson et al. 2003, Yates 2005 and Zaher et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Coelophysoidea, Dinoaves, Dracovenator, Liliensternus, Notatesseraeraptor, Tachiraptor, Velocipes, Zupaysaurus

Subtaxa: Abelisauroidea Berberosaurus Betasuchus Ceratosauridae Ceratosauroidea Ceratosaurus Dolichosuchus Genyodectes Megalosaurus meriani Neoceratosauria Noasauridae Orthogoniosaurus Pterospondylus Saltriovenator Spinostropheus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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