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Raptorex

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Raptorex was named by Sereno et al. (2009). It is not extant. Its type is Raptorex kriegsteini.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Fowler et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Tyrannosauroidea by Benson et al. (2010), Lü et al. (2014) and Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Tyrannosauridae by Sereno et al. (2009) and Carr et al. (2017).

Species
R. kriegsteini (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Raptorex Sereno et al.
2010Raptorex Benson et al. p. 1613
2014Raptorex Hendrickx and Mateus
2014Raptorex Lü et al.
2017Raptorex Carr et al. p. 16s

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
genusRaptorex

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. †Raptorex Sereno et al. 2009
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Raptorex kriegsteini Sereno et al. 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available