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Proceratosauridae
Taxonomy
Proceratosauridae was named by Rauhut et al. (2010). Its type is Proceratosaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Averianov et al. (2010), Rauhut et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Tyrannosauroidea by Averianov et al. (2010), Rauhut et al. (2010), Carr et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Tyrannosauroidea by Averianov et al. (2010), Rauhut et al. (2010), Carr et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Proceratosauridae Averianov et al. |
| 2010 | Proceratosauridae Rauhut et al. |
| 2017 | Proceratosauridae Carr et al. p. 9s |
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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.
Fm. †Proceratosauridae Rauhut et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2010 | All theropods that are more closely related to Proceratosaurus than to Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus, Compsognathus, Coelurus, Ornithomimus, or Deinonychus |
Measurements
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| References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 168.20000 to 119.57000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathonian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Kileskus aristotocus, Dromaeosauridae indet. (61891) | |
| Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | Megalosaurus bradleyi (45883) | |
| Oxfordian | China (Xinjiang) | Guanlong wucaii (58489) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Yutyrannus huali (126447) | |
| Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Sinotyrannus kazuoensis (116361) |