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Metriacanthosauridae

Reptilia - Metriacanthosauridae

Taxonomy
Metriacanthosauridae was named by Carrano et al. (2012) [Name assigned to Paul (1988), elevated to family rank in this paper.].

It was assigned to Allosauroidea by Carrano et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Sinraptoridae Currie and Zhao p. 2038
1994Sinraptoridae Sereno et al. p. 268 fig. 3
1996Sinraptoridae Holtz, Jr. p. 42A
1996Sinraptoridae Hutt et al. p. 642
1996Sinraptoridae Sereno et al. p. 989 fig. 4
1997Sinraptoridae Currie p. 733
1997Sinraptoridae Hutchinson and Padian p. 96
1997Sinraptoridae Padian and Hutchinson p. 6
1997Sinraptoridae Sereno p. 456
1998Sinraptoridae Sereno p. 64
2000Sinraptoridae Currie and Carpenter p. 236 fig. 15
2000Sinraptoridae Holtz, Jr. p. 21 fig. 5
2003Sinraptoridae Rauhut p. 147
2004Sinraptoridae Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 74
2006Sinraptoridae Coria and Currie p. 108 fig. 35
2009Sinraptoridae Benson and Barrett p. 139
2012Metriacanthosauridae Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
superfamilyAllosauroidea
familyMetriacanthosauridae
familyMetriacanthosauridae

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.

Fm. †Metriacanthosauridae Carrano et al. 2012
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G. †Erectopus Huene 1923
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Erectopus sauvagei Huene 1932
Erectopus superbus Sauvage 1882
Subfm. †Metriacanthosaurinae Paul 1988
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G. †Metriacanthosaurus Walker 1964
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G. †Siamotyrannus Buffetaut et al. 1996 [Siam tyrant]
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Siamotyrannus isanensis Buffetaut et al. 1996
G. †Sinraptor Currie and Zhao 1994 [China raptor]
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Sinraptor dongi Currie and Zhao 1994
G. †Shidaisaurus Wu et al. 2009
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Shidaisaurus jinae Wu et al. 2009
G. †Yangchuanosaurus Dong et al. 1978
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Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis Dong et al. 1978
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Invalid names: Yangchuanosaurus magnus Dong et al. 1983 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sinraptoridae Currie and Zhao 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available