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Masiakasaurus
Taxonomy
Masiakasaurus was named by Sampson et al. (2001).
It was assigned to Velocisauridae by Agnolín et al. (2003); to Abelisauridae by Rauhut (2003); to Abelisauroidea by Sampson et al. (2001), Carrano et al. (2002), Ezcurra et al. (2010); to Noasauridae by Sereno et al. (2004), Tykoski and Rowe (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Maganuco et al. (2007), Smith (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Forster et al. (2009), Novas et al. (2010), Agnolin and Chiarelli (2010), Carrano et al. (2011), Novas et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Tortosa et al. (2014), Allain et al. (2014), Delcourt and Grillo (2014), Gianechini et al. (2015), Griffin and Nesbitt (2016); and to Noasaurinae by Rauhut and Carrano (2016), Delcourt (2018).
It was assigned to Velocisauridae by Agnolín et al. (2003); to Abelisauridae by Rauhut (2003); to Abelisauroidea by Sampson et al. (2001), Carrano et al. (2002), Ezcurra et al. (2010); to Noasauridae by Sereno et al. (2004), Tykoski and Rowe (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Maganuco et al. (2007), Smith (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Forster et al. (2009), Novas et al. (2010), Agnolin and Chiarelli (2010), Carrano et al. (2011), Novas et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Tortosa et al. (2014), Allain et al. (2014), Delcourt and Grillo (2014), Gianechini et al. (2015), Griffin and Nesbitt (2016); and to Noasaurinae by Rauhut and Carrano (2016), Delcourt (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Masiakasaurus Sampson et al. p. 504 |
| 2002 | Masiakasaurus Carrano et al. |
| 2003 | Masiakasaurus Agnolín et al. |
| 2003 | Masiakasaurus Rauhut p. 33 |
| 2004 | Masiakasaurus Carrano et al. p. 44A |
| 2004 | Masiakasaurus Novas et al. p. 98 |
| 2004 | Masiakasaurus Sereno et al. p. 1329 fig. 4 |
| 2004 | Masiakasaurus Tykoski and Rowe p. 49 |
| 2005 | Masiakasaurus Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
| 2006 | Masiakasaurus Coria et al. p. 1288 |
| 2006 | Masiakasaurus Novas et al. p. 63 |
| 2007 | Masiakasaurus Maganuco et al. p. 267 |
| 2007 | Masiakasaurus Smith p. 104 |
| 2008 | Masiakasaurus Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4 |
| 2009 | Masiakasaurus Forster et al. p. 283 |
| 2010 | Masiakasaurus Agnolin and Chiarelli p. 295 |
| 2010 | Masiakasaurus Ezcurra et al. p. 14 fig. 8 |
| 2010 | Masiakasaurus Novas et al. p. 51 |
| 2011 | Masiakasaurus Carrano et al. p. 3 |
| 2013 | Masiakasaurus Novas et al. p. 176 |
| 2014 | Masiakasaurus Allain et al. p. 132 |
| 2014 | Masiakasaurus Delcourt and Grillo p. 312 |
| 2014 | Masiakasaurus Hendrickx and Mateus |
| 2014 | Masiakasaurus Tortosa et al. p. 70 |
| 2015 | Masiakasaurus Gianechini et al. |
| 2016 | Masiakasaurus Griffin and Nesbitt p. 2 |
| 2016 | Masiakasaurus Rauhut and Carrano p. 50 |
| 2018 | Masiakasaurus Delcourt p. 3 |
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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.
G. †Masiakasaurus Sampson et al. 2001
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†Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al. 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available