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Afrovenatorinae
Taxonomy
Afrovenatorinae was named by Carrano et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Megalosauridae by Carrano et al. (2012) and Rauhut et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Megalosauridae by Carrano et al. (2012) and Rauhut et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Afrovenatorinae Carrano et al. p. 251 |
| 2018 | Afrovenatorinae Rauhut et al. p. 18 |
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Subfm. †Afrovenatorinae Carrano et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. T. Carrano et al. 2012 | Megalosauroids possessing the following synapomor phies: (1) squared anterior margin of maxillary antorbital fenestra (23(1)); also in coelophysoids, Irritator, Concavenator and Eocarcharia); and (2) puboischiadic plate broadly open along midline (281(2)); in parallel with Avetheropoda). |