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Rapator ornitholestoides
Taxonomy
Rapator ornitholestoides was named by Huene (1932). Its type specimen is BMNH R.3718, a limb element (left metacarpal I), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lightning Ridge (general), which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay claystone in the Griman Creek Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Rapator.
It was synonymized subjectively with Walgettosuchus woodwardi by Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by Agnolin et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012); it was considered a nomen dubium by Bell et al. (2019), Brougham et al. (2019), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2022).
It was synonymized subjectively with Walgettosuchus woodwardi by Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by Agnolin et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012); it was considered a nomen dubium by Bell et al. (2019), Brougham et al. (2019), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Rapator ornitholestoides Huene p. 70 figs. Pl. 3:13 |
| 1939 | Rapator ornitholestoides Kuhn p. 56 |
| 1980 | Rapator ornitholestoides Molnar p. 54 |
| 1981 | Rapator ornitholestoides Molnar et al. p. 144 |
| 1981 | Rapator ornitholestoides Olshevsky p. 34 |
| 1988 | Rapator ornitholestoides Paul pp. 306-307 |
| 1991 | Rapator ornitholestoides Molnar p. 646 |
| 1992 | Rapator ornitholestoides Molnar p. 261 |
| 1996 | Rapator ornitholestoides Molnar p. 646 |
| 2004 | Rapator ornitholestoides Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 74 |
| 2006 | Rapator ornitholestoides Scanlon p. 276 |
| 2013 | Rapator ornitholestoides White et al. |
| 2023 | Rapator ornitholestoides Poropat et al. p. 165 |
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†Rapator ornitholestoides Huene 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available