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Alectrosaurus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Alectrosaurus Gilmore pp. 33-35
1938Alectrosaurus Riabinin p. 126
1939Alectrosaurus Kuhn p. 81
1956Alectrosaurus Romer p. 616
1958Alectrosaurus Huene p. 205
1964Alectrosaurus Tatarinov p. 540
1966Alectrosaurus Romer p. 369
1967Alectrosaurus Charig p. 714
1970Alectrosaurus Steel p. 40
1976Alectrosaurus Kurzanov
1977Alectrosaurus Perle p. 104
1977Alectrosaurus Rozhdestvensky p. 112
1983Alectrosaurus Barsbold p. 95
1986Alectrosaurus Gauthier p. 9
1988Alectrosaurus Carroll
1989Alectrosaurus Kurzanov p. 5
1989Alectrosaurus Mader and Bradley pp. 47-48
1990Alectrosaurus Molnar et al. p. 190
1992Alectrosaurus Currie p. 246
1992Alectrosaurus Dong p. 165
1993Alectrosaurus Currie and Eberth p. 138
1995Alectrosaurus Nessov pp. 39-40
1996Alectrosaurus Buffetaut et al. p. 691
1997Alectrosaurus Barsbold p. 448
1997Alectrosaurus Buffetaut et al. p. 179
1997Alectrosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 53A
1997Alectrosaurus Norell p. 101
1998Alectrosaurus Sereno p. 65
1999Alectrosaurus Manabe p. 1176
2000Alectrosaurus Currie p. 447
2001Alectrosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 68 fig. 7.2
2003Alectrosaurus Currie et al. p. 231
2003Alectrosaurus Rauhut p. 43
2004Alectrosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 113
2009Alectrosaurus Turner et al. p. 11
2023Alectrosaurus Carr p. 3

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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
genusAlectrosaurus

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. †Alectrosaurus Gilmore 1933
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Alectrosaurus olseni Gilmore 1933
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Gilmore 1933GENERIC AND SPECIFIC CHARACTERS.—Long slender-limbed type of deinodont; humerus long and slender; ungual and phalanx of digit I robust, laterally compressed and strongly curved; femur and tibia subequal in length; length of astragalus one-fourth the combined length of astragalus and tibia.