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Camarillasaurus âśť

Description

Camarillasaurus is a genus of basal ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Camarillas, Teruel Province, in what is now northeastern Spain. Its remains were discovered in the Camarillas Formation. The type species, Camarillasaurus cirugedae, was described by Bárbara Sánchez-Hernández and Michael J. Benton.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8596406https://www.gbif.org/species/8596406
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)249475https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=249475
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Camarillasaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Camarillasaurus
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
-NeoceratosauriaNovas 1991
genusCamarillasaurusSánchez-Hernández & Benton 2012
Scientific NameCamarillasaurus Sánchez-Hernández & Benton, 2012
Name Published InSánchez-Hernández, Bárbara & Michael Benton. 2012. Filling the ceratosaur gap: A new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Camarillasaurusgenusbelongs to Ceratosauriastated with evidenceSánchez-Hernández and Benton, 2012
Camarillasaurusgenusbelongs to Neoceratosauriastated with evidenceTortosa et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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)B. Sánchez-Hernández and M. J. Benton. 2012. Filling the ceratosaur gap: A new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarillasaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Camarillasaurus cirugedae âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2012Camarillasaurus Sánchez-Hernández and Benton figs. 1-11
2014Camarillasaurus Tortosa et al. p. 70

References

Sánchez-Hernández B., Benton M. J. (2012) Filling the ceratosaur gap: A new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica doi:10.4202/app.2011.0144
Tortosa T., Buffetaut E., et al (2014) A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: palaeobiogeographical implications, Annales de Paléontologie 100 1, 63-86 doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.10.003
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59: -. [581-600] - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: Filling the ceratosaur gap: A new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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