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Staurikosaurus
Taxonomy
Staurikosaurus was named by Colbert (1970). It is the type genus of Staurikosauridae, Staurikosauridae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Herrerasaurus by Cooper (1981).
It was assigned to Palaeosauriscidae by Colbert (1970); to Saurischia by Bonaparte (1973) and Galton (1973); to Staurikosauridae by Van Heerden (1978); to Prosauropoda by Ginsburg (1986); to Dinosauria by Sues (1990) and Benton (1990); to Staurikosauridae by Galton (1977), Brinkman and Sues (1987), Paul (1988), Carroll (1988) and Olshevsky (1991); to Theropoda by Sereno and Novas (1992); and to Herrerasauridae by Benedetto (1973), Bonaparte (1975), Bonaparte (1978), Novas (1992), Novas (1992), Novas (1994), Kellner (1996), Novas (1997), Novas (1997), Sereno (1997), Galton (2000), Rauhut (2003), Bittencourt and Kellner (2004), Langer (2004), Yates (2005), Langer and Benton (2006), Bittencourt and Kellner (2009), Nesbitt et al. (2009), Martínez and Alcober (2009), Alcober and Martínez (2010), Langer et al. (2010), Sues et al. (2011) and Sereno et al. (2013).
It was synonymized subjectively with Herrerasaurus by Cooper (1981).
It was assigned to Palaeosauriscidae by Colbert (1970); to Saurischia by Bonaparte (1973) and Galton (1973); to Staurikosauridae by Van Heerden (1978); to Prosauropoda by Ginsburg (1986); to Dinosauria by Sues (1990) and Benton (1990); to Staurikosauridae by Galton (1977), Brinkman and Sues (1987), Paul (1988), Carroll (1988) and Olshevsky (1991); to Theropoda by Sereno and Novas (1992); and to Herrerasauridae by Benedetto (1973), Bonaparte (1975), Bonaparte (1978), Novas (1992), Novas (1992), Novas (1994), Kellner (1996), Novas (1997), Novas (1997), Sereno (1997), Galton (2000), Rauhut (2003), Bittencourt and Kellner (2004), Langer (2004), Yates (2005), Langer and Benton (2006), Bittencourt and Kellner (2009), Nesbitt et al. (2009), Martínez and Alcober (2009), Alcober and Martínez (2010), Langer et al. (2010), Sues et al. (2011) and Sereno et al. (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Staurikosaurus Colbert p. 5 figs. 2-14 |
| 1973 | Staurikosaurus Benedetto |
| 1973 | Staurikosaurus Bonaparte p. 110 |
| 1973 | Staurikosaurus Galton p. 251 |
| 1975 | Staurikosaurus Bonaparte p. 62 |
| 1977 | Staurikosaurus Galton p. 240 |
| 1978 | Staurikosaurus Bonaparte p. 324 |
| 1978 | Staurikosaurus Van Heerden p. 188 |
| 1986 | Staurikosaurus Ginsburg p. 143 |
| 1987 | Staurikosaurus Brinkman and Sues p. 494 |
| 1988 | Staurikosaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Staurikosaurus Paul p. 245 |
| 1990 | Staurikosaurus Benton p. 19 |
| 1990 | Staurikosaurus Sues p. 147 |
| 1991 | Staurikosaurus Olshevsky p. 104 |
| 1992 | Staurikosaurus Novas p. 55 |
| 1992 | Staurikosaurus Sereno and Novas p. 1139 |
| 1994 | Staurikosaurus Novas pp. 419-420 |
| 1996 | Staurikosaurus Kellner p. 611 |
| 1997 | Staurikosaurus Novas p. 305 |
| 1997 | Staurikosaurus Sereno p. 455 |
| 1999 | Teyuwasu Kischlat |
| 2000 | Staurikosaurus Galton p. 417 |
| 2003 | Staurikosaurus Rauhut p. 135 |
| 2004 | Staurikosaurus Bittencourt and Kellner p. 39A |
| 2004 | Staurikosaurus Langer p. 27 |
| 2005 | Staurikosaurus Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
| 2006 | Staurikosaurus Langer and Benton p. 348 fig. 15 |
| 2009 | Staurikosaurus Bittencourt and Kellner p. 3 |
| 2009 | Staurikosaurus Martínez and Alcober p. 1 |
| 2009 | Staurikosaurus Nesbitt et al. p. 1532 |
| 2010 | Staurikosaurus Alcober and Martínez p. 76 |
| 2010 | Staurikosaurus Langer et al. p. 93 |
| 2011 | Teyuwasu Bittencourt and Langer p. 35 |
| 2011 | Staurikosaurus Sues et al. p. 3462 fig. 3 |
| 2013 | Staurikosaurus Sereno et al. p. 83 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995 | |||||
Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Carnian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | S. pricei (48658) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Teyuwasu barberenai (72090) |