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Australovenator wintonensis

Reptilia - Megaraptoridae

Taxonomy
Australovenator wintonensis was named by Hocknull et al. (2009). Its type specimen is AODF 604, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Matilda Site, Elderslie Station (AODL 0085), which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fine channel fill claystone/sandstone in the Winton Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Australovenator.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Australovenator wintonensis Hocknull et al. p. 25 figs. 2D, 21-37
2010Australovenator wintonensis Agnolin et al. p. 284
2010Australovenator wintonensis Benson et al. p. 75
2011Australovenator wintonensis Romilio and Salisbury p. 138
2011Australovenator wintonensis Salisbury et al. p. 73
2012Australovenator wintonensis Carrano et al. p. 224
2012Australovenator wintonensis White et al. p. 1
2013Australovenator wintonensis Novas et al. p. 189
2013Australovenator wintonensis White et al. p. 1
2013Australovenator wintonensis White et al.
2015Australovenator wintonensis White et al. p. 2
2016Australovenator wintonensis Coria and Currie p. 2
2016Australovenator wintonensis Salisbury et al. p. 124
2016Australovenator wintonensis White et al. p. 1
2018Australovenator wintonensis Aureliano et al. p. 286
2019Australovenator wintonensis Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 104
2019Australovenator wintonensis Brougham et al. p. 2
2019Australovenator wintonensis Senter and Sullivan p. 2
2020Australovenator wintonensis Lamanna et al. p. 256
2020Australovenator wintonensis Poropat et al. p. 2
2021Australovenator wintonensis Poropat et al. p. 37
2022Australovenator wintonensis Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 1
2023Australovenator wintonensis Poropat et al. p. 165
2023Australovenator wintonensis Poropat et al. p. 4

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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()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Megaraptora
familyMegaraptoridae
genusAustralovenator
specieswintonensis

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.

†Australovenator wintonensis Hocknull et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012Allosauroid with: (1) lateral groove along ulnar shaft (Hocknull et al. 2009); and (2) anterior bevelling of proximal fibular articular surface (Hocknull et al. 2009).
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
fibula diameter159.0----
tibia circumference2158.9153.0165.0159.08.49

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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 125.77000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Australia (Victoria) Megaraptora indet. (51961)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Australia (Victoria) Australovenator wintonensis (118946)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Australia (Queensland) Australovenator wintonensis (type locality: 90140 153781)