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Veterupristisaurus milneri

Osteichthyes - Carcharodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Veterupristisaurus milneri was named by Rauhut (2011). Its type specimen is MB.R.1938 (St 270), a set of vertebrae (middle caudal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry St, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Veterupristisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Veterupristisaurus milneri Rauhut p. 223
2014Veterupristisaurus milneri Cobos et al. p. 34
2020Veterupristisaurus milneri Malafaia et al. p. 6
2021Veterupristisaurus milneri Bandeira et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
familyCarcharodontosauridae
genusVeterupristisaurus
speciesmilneri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. W. M. Rauhut 2011As for genus.