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Berberosaurus liassicus

Reptilia - Ceratosauridae

Taxonomy
Berberosaurus liassicus was named by Allain et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MHNM -Pt9, 16, 19-23, a set of postcrania, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Douar of Tazouda, locality B, which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian crevasse splay sandstone in Morocco. It is the type species of Berberosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Berberosaurus liassicus Allain et al. pp. 610-611 figs. 1-7
2010Berberosaurus liassicus Langer et al. p. 93
2011Berberosaurus liassicus Osi and Buffetaut p. 41
2011Berberosaurus liassicus Ruiz et al. p. 1276
2013Berberosaurus liassicus Machado et al. p. 447
2013Berberosaurus liassicus Novas et al. p. 184
2014Berberosaurus liassicus Hendrickx and Mateus p. 19
2015Berberosaurus liassicus Torices et al. p. 615
2016Berberosaurus liassicus Chiarenza and Cau p. 3
2017Berberosaurus liassicus Ibrahim et al. p. 257
2023Berberosaurus liassicus Souza-Júnior et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
suborderCeratosauria()
familyCeratosauridae
genusBerberosaurus
speciesliassicus

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.

†Berberosaurus liassicus Allain et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Toarcian or 190.80000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Morocco (Ouarzazate) Theropoda indet. (type locality: 56130)