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Bahariasaurus ingens

Reptilia - Avetheropoda

Taxonomy
Bahariasaurus ingens was named by Stromer (1934). Its type specimen is BSP 1922 X 47, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Ghorâbi, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial claystone in the Baharîje Formation of Egypt.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Ibrahim et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Bahariasaurus ingens Stromer p. 24 figs. Pl. 2-3
1936Bahariasaurus ingens Stromer p. 31
1939Bahariasaurus ingens Kuhn p. 77
1957Baharijasaurus ingens Lapparent p. 109
1958Baharijasaurus ingens Lapparent p. 1239
1970Bahariasaurus ingens Steel p. 29
1974Bahariasaurus ingens Molnar p. 1014
1988Bahariasaurus ingens Paul p. 318
1990Bahariasaurus ingens Buffetaut et al. p. 192
1990Bahariasaurus ingens Molnar et al. p. 190
1992Bahariasaurus ingens Molnar p. 266
1995Bahariasaurus ingens Rauhut p. 370
1997Bahariasaurus ingens Novas p. 685
2004Bahariasaurus ingens Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 77
2007Bahariasaurus ingens Medeiros et al. p. 418
2010Bahariasaurus ingens Taquet p. 97
2011Bahariasaurus ingens Candeiro et al. p. 85
2012Bahariasaurus ingens Le Loeuff et al. p. 489
2015Bahariasaurus ingens Evers et al. p. 2
2016Bahariasaurus ingens Chiarenza and Cau p. 11
2022Bahariasaurus ingens Salem et al. p. 2

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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
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
orderAvetheropoda
genusBahariasaurus
speciesingens

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.

Bahariasaurus ingens Stromer 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
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: 2005-08-24 13:12:27
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:12:27
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Niger (Tahoua) Baharijasaurus ingens (25219)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Niger (Agadez) Bahariasaurus ingens (25221)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Matruh) Bahariasaurus ingens (51744 type locality: 51747)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) Theropoda indet. (48868)