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Teratophoneus curriei

Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae

Taxonomy
Teratophoneus curriei was named by Carr et al. (2011). Its type specimen is BYU 8120/9396, 8120/9397, 826/9402, 9398, 13719, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is RAM V201017, GS-ENM, which is in a Campanian fluvial horizon in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Teratophoneus curriei Carr et al.
2013Teratophoneus curriei Dalman p. 241
2013Teratophoneus curriei Thomson et al. p. 71
2013Teratophoneus curriei Zanno et al. p. 506
2015Teratophoneus curriei Peecook and Sidor p. 9
2017Teratophoneus curriei Carr et al. p. 9s
2018Teratophoneus curriei McDonald et al. p. 2
2021Teratophoneus curriei Titus et al. p. 12
2022Teratophoneus curriei Krumenacker et al. p. 1339

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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()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
familyTyrannosauridae
subfamilyTyrannosaurinae
genusTeratophoneus
speciescurriei

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.

†Teratophoneus curriei Carr et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. D. Carr et al. 2011Maxilla with a steep rostrodorsal margin, maxillary fenestra situated far caudal to the rostral margin of the antorbital fossa; complete overlap on the caudal margin of the frontal by the parietal; knob at the front of the joint surface for the quadratojugal on the jugal; distinct angle in the caudal margin of the postorbital process of the jugal; basioccipital restricted to the midline of the basisphenoid recess as a strut; transversely oriented occiput (where the paroccipital processes extend nearly directly laterally, instead of caudolaterally); accessory pneumatic foramen in the basisphenoid recess; non-invasive basisphenoid foramen; subotic recess on the basisphenoid; ostium of the basisphenoid recess that opens externally; and elevated and pedicle-like joint surface for the squamosal on the proötic.
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: 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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Teratophoneus curriei (219712) Tyrannosauridae indet. (type locality: 137833 155992)