Source Data | |
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Neotetanurae |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Neotetanurae | unranked clade | belongs to Tetanurae | stated with evidence | Sereno et al., 1994 | Neotetanurae | unranked clade | belongs to Tetanurae | stated without evidence | Sereno, 1997 | Neotetanurae | unranked clade | belongs to Tetanurae | stated with evidence | Sereno, 1998 | Neotetanurae | unranked clade | belongs to Tetanurae | stated without evidence | Sampson et al., 1998 | Neotetanurae | unranked clade | belongs to Tetanurae | stated with evidence | Sereno, 1999 |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 122 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Theropoda) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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Diet | carnivore (based on Theropoda) |
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Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. T. Carrano, S. D. Sampson, and C. A. Forster. 2002. The osteology of Masiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):510-534 |
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Carrano M. T., Sampson S. D., et al (2002) The osteology of Masiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 510-534 |
Sereno P. C., Wilson J. A., et al (1994) Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Sahara, Science 266 5183, 267-271 |
Hutt S., Martill D. M., et al (1996) The first European allosauroid dinosaur (Lower Cretaceous, Wealden Group, England), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1996 10, 635-644 |
Sereno P. C., Dutheil D. B., et al (1996) Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation, Science 272, 986-991 |
Sereno P. C. (1997) The origin and evolution of dinosaurs, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 25, 435-489 |
Sampson S. D., Witmer L. M., et al (1998) Predatory dinosaur remains from Madagascar: implications for the Cretaceous biogeography of Gondwana, Science 280, 1048-1051 |
Sereno P. C. (1998) A rationale for phylogenetic definitions, with application to the higher-level taxonomy of Dinosauria, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 210 1, 41-83 |
Sereno P. C., Beck A. L., et al (1998) A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids, Science 282, 1298-1302 |
Sereno P. C. (1999) The evolution of dinosaurs, Science 284, 2137-2147 |