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Neovenator salerii
Taxonomy
Neovenator salerii was named by Hutt et al. (1996). Its type specimen is MIWG 6348, BMNH R10001, a partial skeleton (right femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grange Chine cliff face (MIWG/BMNH), which is in a Barremian alluvial fan siltstone/claystone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Neovenator.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Neovenator salerii Hutt et al. p. 638 figs. 2-4 |
| 1997 | Neovenator salerii Norman p. 784 |
| 1998 | Neovenator salerii Blows p. 35 |
| 1999 | Neovenator salerii Naish p. 367 |
| 2001 | Neovenator salerii Allain |
| 2001 | Neovenator salerii Naish et al. p. 258 |
| 2003 | Neovenator salerii Rauhut pp. 30-31 |
| 2003 | Neovenator salerii Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 297 |
| 2004 | Neovenator salerii Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 75 |
| 2005 | Neovenator salerii Allain p. 83 |
| 2007 | Neovenator salerii Brusatte and Sereno p. 54A |
| 2007 | Neovenator salerii Naish and Martill p. 495 |
| 2010 | Neovenator salerii Benson et al. p. 75 |
| 2011 | Neovenator salerii Sweetman p. 73 |
| 2012 | Neovenator salerii Carrano et al. p. 238 |
| 2012 | Neovenator salerii White et al. p. 21 |
| 2013 | Neovenator salerii Novas et al. p. 189 |
| 2014 | Neovenator salerii Hendrickx and Mateus p. 20 |
| 2016 | Neovenator salerii Coria and Currie p. 2 |
| 2018 | Neovenator salerii Aureliano et al. p. 286 |
| 2019 | Neovenator salerii Malafaia et al. p. 170 |
| 2020 | Neovenator salerii Barker et al. |
| 2022 | Neovenator salerii Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 227 |
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†Neovenator salerii Hutt et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Hutt et al. 1996 | Allosauroid theropod with five premaxillary teeth (shared with Allosaurus), external nares twice as long as high and twice as long as dental margin of premaxilla, large maxillary fenestra posteriorly placed with narrow posterior margin, crowns one quarter total tooth length, all dorsal vertebrae pleurocoelous (shared with Torvosaurus - see Britt 1991), distinct dorsal groove in unguals of the pes. | |
| M. T. Carrano et al. 2012 | Allosauroid theropod with: (1) accessory interpremaxillary peg-and-socket articulation in dorsal part of premaxillary symphysis (Brusatte et al. 2008); (2) large maxillary fenestra approximately 1/6 length of maxillary tooth row (modified from Hutt et al. 1996); (3) transverse expansion of anterior face of axial intercentrum (Brusatte et al. 2008); (4) lateral foramina on anterior surface of odontoid (Brusatte et al. 2008); (5) ischial distal boot conjoined anteriorly but divergent posterolaterally (Brusatte et al. 2008); (6) femoral head both oriented anteromedially and inclined proximally (Brusatte et al. 2008); (7) robust ridge on external surface of femoral lesser trochanter (Brusatte et al. 2008); (8) thumbprint-shaped depression on posterior surface of femoral shaft, lateral to proximal end of fourth trochanter (Brusatte et al. 2008); (9) proximodistally short, notch-like extensor groove and nearly flat anterior surface of distal femur (Brusatte et al. 2008); and (10) suboval rugosity on medial surface of distal tibia (Brusatte et al. 2008).
Relative to other allosauroids, Neovenator is autapomorphic in possessing fusion of the cervical ribs to the posterior cervical vertebrae. In fact, the presence of camellate internal texture exposed externally on the parapophyseal facets of the eighth and ninth cervical vertebrae may record the fusion process of these elements. |
Measurements
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Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Theropoda indet. (type locality: 46875) |