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Metriacanthosaurus
Taxonomy
Metriacanthosaurus was named by Walker (1964). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Megalosauridae by Walker (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Martill (1988), Carroll (1988), Kurzanov (1989), Gao (1999); to Spinosauroidea by Allain (2001); to Tetanurae by Holtz et al. (2004); to Sinraptoridae by Naish and Martill (2007), Benson and Barrett (2009); to Metriacanthosaurinae by Paul (1988), Carrano et al. (2012); and to Metriacanthosauridae by Rauhut et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Megalosauridae by Walker (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Martill (1988), Carroll (1988), Kurzanov (1989), Gao (1999); to Spinosauroidea by Allain (2001); to Tetanurae by Holtz et al. (2004); to Sinraptoridae by Naish and Martill (2007), Benson and Barrett (2009); to Metriacanthosaurinae by Paul (1988), Carrano et al. (2012); and to Metriacanthosauridae by Rauhut et al. (2018).
Species
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Metriacanthosaurus Walker p. 117 figs. 16e-f |
| 1966 | Metriacanthosaurus Romer p. 369 |
| 1970 | Metriacanthosaurus Steel p. 36 |
| 1970 | Metriacanthosaurus Swinton p. 143 |
| 1988 | Metriacanthosaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Metriacanthosaurus Martill p. 186 |
| 1988 | Metriacanthosaurus Paul p. 289 |
| 1989 | Metriacanthosaurus Kurzanov p. 4 |
| 1999 | Metriacanthosaurus Gao |
| 2001 | Metriacanthosaurus Allain |
| 2004 | Metriacanthosaurus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73 |
| 2007 | Metriacanthosaurus Naish and Martill p. 502 |
| 2009 | Metriacanthosaurus Benson and Barrett p. 139 |
| 2012 | Metriacanthosaurus Carrano et al. p. 250 |
| 2018 | Metriacanthosaurus Rauhut et al. p. 19 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available