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Spinosauroidea (disused)

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Spinosauroidea Olshevsky p. 1750
1995Spinosauroidea Sereno p. 53A
1996Spinosauroidea Sereno et al. p. 989 fig. 4
1997Spinosauroidea Milner p. 699
1998Spinosauroidea Sereno p. 64
1998Spinosauroidea Sereno et al. p. 1300 fig. 4
1999Spinosauroidea Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2001Spinosauroidea Allain
2003Spinosauroidea Rauhut p. 145
2004Spinosauroidea Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72
2005Spinosauroidea Yates p. 118 fig. 9
2006Spinosauroidea Medeiros p. 335
2007Spinosauroidea Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 189

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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()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilySpinosauroidea
superfamilySpinosauroidea

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.

Superfm. †Spinosauroidea Olshevsky 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Cenomanian or 130.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Valenciana) Spinosauroidea indet. (84211)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Brazil (Ceará) Spinosauroidea indet. (207779)