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Ceratosauroidea

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Ceratosauroidea Bonaparte et al. p. 40
1991Ceratosauroidea Bonaparte p. 22
1994Ceratosauroidea Sereno et al. p. 270
1997Ceratosauroidea Sereno p. 455
1998Ceratosauroidea Sampson et al. p. 1051
1998Ceratosauroidea Sereno p. 64
1999Ceratosauroidea Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2006Ceratosauroidea Mateus et al. p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
superfamilyCeratosauroideaNovas?
superfamilyCeratosauroideaNovas?

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.

Superfm. †Ceratosauroidea Novas?
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Unr. †Etrigansauria Delcourt 2018
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G. †Chenanisaurus Longrich et al. 2017
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Chenanisaurus barbaricus Longrich et al. 2017
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
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco (Béni Mellal-Khénifra) Chenanisaurus barbaricus (193775)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco (Khouribga) Abelisauridae indet. (54004)