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Taxonomy
Lusovenator santosi was named by Malafaia et al. (2020). Its type specimen is SHN.036, a set of postcrania (a partial postcranial skeleton preserving odontoid, atlantal intercentrum, a cervical vertebra (previously misinterpreted as the articulated axial intercentrum ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is cliffs north of Praia de Valmitão, which is in a Kimmeridgian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Lusovenator.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Lusovenator santosi Malafaia et al. p. 2 |
| 2021 | Lusovenator santosi Bandeira et al. p. 14 |
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†Lusovenator santosi Malafaia et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Malafaia et al. 2020 | A carcharodontosaurian theropod diagnosed by the following autapomorphies (the diagnosis is only based on the type specimen, SHN.036): large recesses in neural arch of anterior dorsal vertebrae; well-developed and continuous longitudinal laminae extending from the tip of the prezygapophyses to the distal end of the postzygapophyses in mid-caudal vertebrae; and supraacetabular crest of ilium forming a prominent ventrolaterally projecting shelf. Additionally, Lusovenator differs from other carcharodontosaurs in the following unique combination of features: absence of ventral keel on anterior dorsal vertebrae; presence of hyposphene-hypantrum articulation in at least the anterior-most caudal vertebrae; presence of a lateral lamina projecting from posterior articular facet to base of caudal rib in mid-caudal vertebrae; mid-caudal vertebrae with spinoprezygapophyseal lamina projecting from the medial surface of the prezygapophysis; and almost flat ventral surface of the pubic boot. |
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Centro) | Tetanurae indet. (type locality: 200458) | |
| Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian | Portugal (Centro) | Allosaurus fragilis (49248) |