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Skorpiovenator bustingorryi

Reptilia - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Skorpiovenator bustingorryi was named by Canale et al. (2008). Its type specimen is MMCH-PV 48, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bustingorry's farm, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Canale et al.
2011Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Juárez Valieri et al. p. 167
2012Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Haluza et al. p. 219
2013Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Machado et al. p. 447
2013Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Novas et al. p. 176
2014Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Dalman p. 174
2014Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Hendrickx and Mateus p. 20
2014Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Méndez p. 99
2016Skorpiovenator bustingorrii Baiano et al. p. 6
2016Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Canale et al. p. 18
2016Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Filippi et al. p. 210
2016Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Motta et al. p. 231
2016Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Ratsinbaholison et al. p. 281
2020Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Cerroni et al. p. 1
2020Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Zaher et al. p. 112
2022Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Méndez et al. p. 1

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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
Ceratosauria()
superfamilyAbelisauroidea
familyAbelisauridae
Brachyrostra
genusSkorpiovenator
speciesbustingorryi

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.

Skorpiovenator bustingorryi Canale et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. I. Canale et al. 2008Skorpiovenator is distinguished from other abelisaurids on the basis of the following unique traits: ascending process of maxilla homogeneously wide rostrocaudally, maxillary horizontal ramus dorsoventrally deep with subparallel dorsal and ventral margins, maxilla/jugal contact subvertical, 19 maxillary teeth, lacrimal rostrally projected and with well-developed suborbital process, quadratojugal with pronounced caudal notch, dentary with caudoventral process bifurcated to receive rostral end of angular, and angular with rostral end dorsoventrally deep to fit between splenial and prearticular.
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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8Argentina (Neuquén) Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (type locality: 85501)