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Ceratosauridae ✝

Description

Ceratosauridae is a family of theropod dinosaurs belonging to the infraorder Ceratosauria. The family's type genus, Ceratosaurus, was first found in Jurassic rocks from North America. Ceratosauridae is made up of the genera Ceratosaurus, found in North America, Tanzania, and Portugal, and Genyodectes, from the Early Cretaceous of Argentina. Unnamed probable ceratosaurids are known from limited material in the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, the Late Jurassic of Switzerland, and the Late Jurassic or possibly Early Cretaceous of Uruguay.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4822606https://www.gbif.org/species/4822606
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38599https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38599
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Ceratosauridae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Ceratosauridae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria
familyCeratosauridaeMarsh 1884
Scientific NameCeratosauridae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Cerastosauriastated without evidenceMarsh, 1884
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Theropodastated without evidenceDollo, 1884
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Ceratosauriastated without evidenceMarsh, 1885
Ceratosauridaefamilysubjective synonym of Megalosaurinidaestated without evidenceLydekker, 1888
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Theropodastated with evidenceZittel, 1890
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Theropodastated without evidenceWinkler, 1893
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Ceratosauriastated without evidenceMarsh, 1895
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Theropodastated without evidenceHay, 1902
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Saurischiastated without evidenceArldt, 1909
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Therophagistated without evidenceJaekel, 1914
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Theropodastated without evidenceGilmore, 1920
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Coelurosauriastated without evidenceHuene, 1926
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Coelurosauriastated with evidenceKuhn, 1946
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Deinodontoideastated with evidenceTatarinov, 1964
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Coeluriastated with evidenceKuhn, 1966
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Megalosauroideastated with evidenceMaleev, 1968
Ceratosauridaefamilysubjective synonym of Megalosaurinidaestated without evidenceSteel, 1970
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Carnosauriastated without evidenceBarsbold, 1983
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Neotheropodastated without evidenceBakker, 1986
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Ceratosauriastated without evidencePaul, 1988
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to TheropodaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Ceratosauroideastated without evidenceBonaparte et al., 1990
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Ceratosauriastated with evidenceRauhut, 2004
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Ceratosauroideastated without evidenceMateus et al., 2006
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Theropodastated without evidenceChure et al., 2006
Ceratosauridaefamilybelongs to Ceratosauriastated with evidenceHendrickx and Mateus, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance157 - 151 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Theropoda)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. C. Marsh. 1884. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part VIII. The order Theropoda. The American Journal of Science, series 3 27:329-340
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratosauridae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ceratosaurus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
16161 Ma
Jurassic
151 Ma
Late Jurassic
Fosterovenator
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1157 Ma
Jurassic
157 Ma
Jurassic
Genyodectes
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sarcosaurus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2197 Ma
Early Jurassic
197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Labrosauridae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Labrosauridae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1882Labrosauridae Marsh
1882Labrosauridae Sauvage p. 36
1884Ceratosauridae Dollo p. 298
1884Labrosauridae Dollo p. 298
1884Ceratosauridae Marsh p. 69
1884Labrosauridae Marsh p. 69
1884Ceratosauridae Marsh p. 330
1884Labrosauridae Marsh p. 337
1884Ceratosauridae Vetter p. 363
1884Labrosauridae Vetter p. 363
1885Labrosauridae Marsh p. 764
1885Ceratosauridae Marsh p. 765
1890Ceratosauridae Zittel p. 727
1893Ceratosauridae Winkler p. 108
1895Ceratosauridae Marsh
1895Labrosauridae Marsh
1896Labrosauridae Marsh p. 239
1896Ceratosauridae Marsh p. 240
1902Ceratosauridae Hay p. 493
1902Ceratosauridae Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxviii
1909Ceratosauridae Arldt p. 262
1909Ceratosauridae Huene p. 15
1911Labrosauridae von Zittel p. 280
1914Ceratosauridae Jaekel p. 197
YearName and Author
1920Ceratosauridae Gilmore p. 76
1925Ceratosaurus roechlingi Janensch pp. 58-65 figs. 19-20, Pl. 8, fig. 2-4
1926Ceratosauridae Huene p. 98
1928Labrosauridae Nopcsa p. 184
1929Ceratosauridae Huene p. 270
1934Ceratosauridae Stromer p. 80
1946Ceratosauridae Kuhn p. 65
1948Ceratosauridae Huene p. 89
1964Ceratosauridae Tatarinov p. 537
1966Ceratosauridae Kuhn p. 93
1968Ceratosauridae Maleev p. 95
1970Ceratosaurus roechlingi Steel p. 30
1974Ceratosaurus roechlingi Molnar p. 1011
1983Ceratosauridae Barsbold p. 95
1984Ceratosauridae Russell p. 28
1986Ceratosauridae Bakker p. 460
1988Ceratosauridae Carroll
1988Ceratosauridae Paul p. 275
1990Ceratosauridae Bonaparte et al. p. 40
1991Ceratosauridae Bonaparte p. 22
2004Ceratosauridae Rauhut p. 895
2006Ceratosauridae Chure et al. p. 236
2006Ceratosauridae Mateus et al. p. 123
2014Ceratosauridae Hendrickx and Mateus

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