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Nuthetes
Taxonomy
Nuthetes was named by Owen (1854). Its type is Nuthetes destructor.
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurus by Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966) and Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by Holtz et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Crocodilia by Owen (1879) and Damon (1884); to Dinosauria by Lydekker (1888); to Lacertilia by Owen (1854), Owen (1861), Owen (1861) and Mansel-Pleydell (1888); to Saurischia by Seeley (1893); to Megalosauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Coeluridae by von Zittel (1911); to Megalosauridae by Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Chakravarti (1935) and Delair (1960); to Carnosauria by Delair (1973); to Velociraptorinae by Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009); and to Dromaeosauridae by Milner (2002), Naish and Martill (2007), Benson and Barrett (2009) and Allain et al. (2022).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurus by Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966) and Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by Holtz et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Crocodilia by Owen (1879) and Damon (1884); to Dinosauria by Lydekker (1888); to Lacertilia by Owen (1854), Owen (1861), Owen (1861) and Mansel-Pleydell (1888); to Saurischia by Seeley (1893); to Megalosauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Coeluridae by von Zittel (1911); to Megalosauridae by Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Chakravarti (1935) and Delair (1960); to Carnosauria by Delair (1973); to Velociraptorinae by Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009); and to Dromaeosauridae by Milner (2002), Naish and Martill (2007), Benson and Barrett (2009) and Allain et al. (2022).
Species
N. destructor (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1854 | Nuthetes Owen p. 420 figs. 1-4 |
| 1861 | Nuthetes Owen p. 31 |
| 1879 | Nuthetes Owen p. 16 |
| 1884 | Nuthetes Damon p. 211 |
| 1888 | Nuthetes Lydekker p. 247 |
| 1888 | Nuthetes Mansel-Pleydell p. 7 |
| 1890 | Nuthetes Zittel p. 727 |
| 1893 | Nuthetes Seeley p. 228 |
| 1900 | Nuthetes Van Den Broeck p. 84 |
| 1901 | Nuthetes Nopcsa p. 201 |
| 1911 | Nuthetes von Zittel p. 281 |
| 1935 | Nuthetes Chakravarti p. 141 |
| 1960 | Nuthetes Delair p. 79 |
| 1973 | Nuthetes Delair p. 3 |
| 2002 | Nuthetes Milner p. 192 |
| 2007 | Nuthetes Naish and Martill p. 495 |
| 2009 | Nuthetes Benson and Barrett p. 142 |
| 2009 | Nuthetes Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca p. 610 |
| 2022 | Nuthetes Allain et al. |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. B. Delair 1960 | Teeth of the same general type, though much smaller, of Megalosaurus; not implanted in separate alveoli, and partly anchylosed to the side of the jaw. Jaw relatively slender in proportion to its length. Other characters unknown. |
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | N. sp. (61930) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | N. destructor (28401 28995) | |
| Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | N. destructor (52254 72142) | |
| Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | N. sp. (77058) | |
| Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | N. sp. (142093) |