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Rugops primus

Reptilia - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Rugops primus was named by Sereno et al. (2004). Its type specimen is MNN IGU1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iguidi, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Echkar Formation of Niger.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Rugops primus Sereno et al. p. 1326 fig. 3
2005Rugops primus Buffetaut et al. p. 5
2005Rugops primus Novas et al. p. 167
2006Rugops primus Coria et al. p. 1288
2007Rugops primus Brusatte and Sereno p. 914
2007Rigops primus Malkani
2007Rugops primus Sampson and Witmer p. 33
2008Rugops primus Carrano and Sampson p. 197
2012Rugops primus Le Loeuff et al. p. 492
2014Rugops primus Dalman p. 174
2014Rugops primus Fanti et al. p. 40
2014Rugops primus Hendrickx and Mateus p. 20
2016Rugops primus Ratsinbaholison et al. p. 282
2018Rugops primus Delcourt p. 3
2018Rugops primus Delcourt and Grillo p. 516
2020Rugops primus Ibrahim et al. p. 185
2023Rugops primus Souza-Júnior 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
suborderCeratosauria()
superfamilyAbelisauroidea
familyAbelisauridae
genusRugops
speciesprimus

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.

†Rugops primus Sereno et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. C. Sereno et al. 2004Abelisaurid characterized by small fenestra in the skull roof between the prefrontal, frontal, post-orbital and lacrimal, and a row of seven small invaginated depressions on the dorsal surface of each nasal.
M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2008Abelisaurid with: (1) a small fenestra in the skull roof between the prefrontal, frontal, postorbital and lacrimal and (2) a concave dorsal surface of the nasals (modified from Sereno et al. 2004: 1327).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
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: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Niger (Agadez) Abelisauridae indet. (type locality: 58577)