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Saurophaganax

Osteichthyes - Allosauridae

Taxonomy
Saurophaganax was named by Chure (1995). Its type is Saurophaganax maximus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Allosaurus by Smith (1998); it was considered a nomen dubium by Danison et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Allosauridae by Chure (1995), Holtz et al. (2004), Chure et al. (2006), Carrano et al. (2012).

Species
S. maximus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Saurophaganax Chure p. 106 figs. 1-2
2004Saurophaganax Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 75
2006Saurophaganax Chure et al. p. 236
2012Saurophaganax Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
Allosauria()
familyAllosauridae
genusSaurophaganax

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. †Saurophaganax Chure 1995
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Saurophaganax maximus Chure 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available