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Sarcosaurus
Taxonomy
Sarcosaurus was named by Andrews (1921). Its type is Sarcosaurus woodi.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Naish and Martill (2007).
It was assigned to Megalosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Coeluridae by Tatarinov (1964); to Megalosaurinidae by Romer (1966); to Coelophysidae by Welles (1984); to Ceratosauridae by Paul (1988); to Megalosauridae by Andrews (1921), Romer (1956), Charig (1967), Steel (1970), Kurzanov (1989); to Ceratosauria by Gauthier (1986), Rowe (1989), Rowe and Gauthier (1990), Tykoski and Rowe (2004); and to Coelophysoidea by Carrano and Sampson (2004), Carrano et al. (2005).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Naish and Martill (2007).
It was assigned to Megalosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Coeluridae by Tatarinov (1964); to Megalosaurinidae by Romer (1966); to Coelophysidae by Welles (1984); to Ceratosauridae by Paul (1988); to Megalosauridae by Andrews (1921), Romer (1956), Charig (1967), Steel (1970), Kurzanov (1989); to Ceratosauria by Gauthier (1986), Rowe (1989), Rowe and Gauthier (1990), Tykoski and Rowe (2004); and to Coelophysoidea by Carrano and Sampson (2004), Carrano et al. (2005).
Species
S. woodi (syn. S. andrewsi, Magnosaurus woodwardi) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1921 | Sarcosaurus Andrews p. 575 |
| 1928 | Sarcosaurus Nopcsa p. 183 |
| 1939 | Sarcosaurus Kuhn p. 38 |
| 1956 | Sarcosaurus Romer p. 616 |
| 1964 | Sarcosaurus Tatarinov p. 533 |
| 1966 | Sarcosaurus Romer p. 369 |
| 1967 | Sarcosaurus Charig p. 714 |
| 1970 | Sarcosaurus Steel p. 37 |
| 1984 | Sarcosaurus Welles p. 177 |
| 1986 | Sarcosaurus Gauthier p. 9 |
| 1988 | Sarcosaurus Paul p. 275 |
| 1989 | Sarcosaurus Kurzanov p. 4 |
| 1989 | Sarcosaurus Rowe |
| 1990 | Sarcosaurus Rowe and Gauthier p. 152 |
| 2004 | Sarcosaurus Carrano and Sampson p. 541 |
| 2004 | Sarcosaurus Tykoski and Rowe p. 50 |
| 2005 | Sarcosaurus Carrano et al. pp. 843-844 fig. 13 |
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G. †Sarcosaurus Andrews 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available