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Mafatrisauropus

Reptilia - Avetheropoda

Taxonomy
Mafatrisauropus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Mafatrisauropus errans.

It was synonymized subjectively with Grallator by Gand et al. (2005) and Klein and Lucas (2021).

It was assigned to Carnosauria by Ellenberger (1972) and Ellenberger (1974); and to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003).

Species
M. errans (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Mafatrisauropus Ellenberger p. 346
1972Mafatrisauropus Ellenberger p. 152
1974Mafatrisauropus Ellenberger p. 17
2003Mafatrisauropus Romero Molina et al. p. 24

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
orderAvetheropoda
infraorderCarnosauria()
genusMafatrisauropus

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.

G. †Mafatrisauropus Ellenberger 1970
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Mafatrisauropus errans Ellenberger 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available