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Ceratosauria ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	54164	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54164

Rank

suborder (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Ceratosauria

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
suborder	Ceratosauria	Marsh 1884

Common Name

ceratosaur

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ceratosauria	suborder	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Marsh, 1884
Ceratosauria	suborder	belongs to Paleotheropoda	stated without evidence	Paul, 1988
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Gauthier et al., 1989
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated with evidence	Benton, 1990
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Osmolska, 1990
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated with evidence	Sereno et al., 1994
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated with evidence	Holtz, 1994
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Pérez-Moreno et al., 1994
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated without evidence	Sereno, 1995
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Holtz, 1995
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated without evidence	Sereno, 1997
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Currie, 1997
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated with evidence	Sereno, 1998
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated without evidence	Holtz, 1998
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated with evidence	Sereno, 1999
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated without evidence	Rauhut, 2003
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Wilson et al., 2003
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated with evidence	Rauhut, 2004
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated without evidence	Yates, 2005
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Averostra	stated without evidence	Ezcurra, 2006
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Neotheropoda	stated without evidence	Mateus et al., 2006
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Averostra	stated without evidence	Ezcurra and Cuny, 2007
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Averostra	stated with evidence	Ezcurra et al., 2010
Ceratosauria	unranked clade	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Longrich et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Theropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. C. Marsh. 1884. The classification and affinities of dinosaurian reptiles. Nature 31:68-69

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Abelisauroidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	168	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratosauroidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratosauridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	157 Ma Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Berberosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	191 Ma Early Jurassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Ceratosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Deltadromeus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	5	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Elaphrosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	157 Ma Jurassic	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Genyodectes ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Limusaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Saltriovenator ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Spinostropheus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neoceratosauria ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	8	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1870	Megalosaurus meriani Greppin p. 118
1882	Megalosaurus meriani Sauvage p. 8
1883	Megalosaurus bredai Seeley p. 246
1884	Megalosaurus meriani Dames p. 188
1884	Cerastosauria Marsh p. 69
1885	Ceratosauria Marsh p. 765
1887	Megalosaurus meriani Koken p. 9
1888	Megalosaurus bredai Lydekker pp. 168-169 fig. 27
1890	Megalosaurus bredai Zittel p. 724
1892	Megalosaurus bredai Ubaghs p. 27
1895	Ceratosauria Marsh
1896	Ceratosauria Marsh p. 240
1900	Megalosaurus bredai Van Den Broeck p. 83
1909	Megalosaurus bredai Dollo p. 104
1914	Pterospondylus Huene p. 13
1914	Pterospondylus trielbae Huene p. 13
1914	Pterospondylus Jaekel pp. 195-195
1914	Pterospondylus trielbae Jaekel pp. 195-196 fig. 22
1914	Pterospondylus Jaekel p. 196 fig. 22
1914	Pterospondylus trielbae Jaekel p. 196 fig. 22
1915	Megalosaurus bredai Nopcsa p. 16
1920	Pterospondylus Huene p. 162
1921	Pterospondylus Huene p. 315
1921	Pterospondylus trielbae Huene p. 315 fig. 1
1922	Megalosaurus meriani Huene p. 80
1923	Megalosaurus bredai Nopcsa p. 108
1926	Labrosaurus meriani Huene p. 81
1926	Ornithomimidorum bredai Huene p. 88
1928	Megalosaurus bredai Depéret and Savornin pp. 262-263
1928	Pterospondylus Nopcsa p. 183
1930	Orthogoniosaurus Das-Gupta p. 367 fig. 1
1930	Orthogoniosaurus matleyi Das-Gupta p. 367 fig. 1
1930	Orthogoniosaurus Das-Gupta p. 369
1932	Dolichosuchus Huene
1932	Velocipes Huene p. 33
1932	Velocipes guerichi Huene p. 33
1932	Betasuchus Huene pp. 70-71
1932	Betasuchus bredai Huene pp. 70-71
1938	Pterospondylus trielbae Schmidt p. 68
1938	Velocipes guerichi Schmidt p. 72
1956	Dolichosuchus Romer p. 611
1956	Velocipes Romer p. 611
1956	Betasuchus Romer p. 613
1956	Orthogoniosaurus Romer p. 616
1960	Megalosaurus bredai Jeletzky p. 35
1964	Dolichosuchus Tatarinov p. 530
1964	Velocipes Tatarinov p. 530
1964	Betasuchus Tatarinov p. 535
1964	Orthogoniosaurus Tatarinov p. 537
1965	Dolichosuchus Simmons p. 57
1966	Betasuchus Romer p. 369
1966	Dolichosuchus Romer p. 369
1966	Orthogoniosaurus Romer p. 369
1966	Velocipes Romer p. 369
1970	Dolichosuchus Steel p. 10
1970	Velocipes Steel p. 12
1970	Velocipes guerichi Steel p. 12
1970	Betasuchus Steel p. 19
1970	Betasuchus bredai Steel p. 19

Year	Name and Author
1970	Orthogoniosaurus Steel p. 36
1970	Orthogoniosaurus matleyi Steel p. 36
1971	Megalosaurus bredai Dinca et al. p. 90
1971	Dolichosuchus Kuhn p. 15
1971	Velocipes Kuhn p. 15
1971	Velocipes guerichi Kuhn p. 15
1978	Dolichosuchus Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1978	Velocipes Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1985	Ceratosauria Gauthier and Padian pp. 189-190 fig. 2
1986	Dolichosuchus Battail p. 47
1986	Velocipes Battail p. 47
1986	Ceratosauria Gauthier p. 55 fig. 9
1988	Betasuchus Carroll
1988	Velocipes Carroll
1988	Ceratosauria Paul p. 255
1989	Ceratosauria Gauthier et al. p. 347
1989	Ceratosauria Rowe
1990	Ceratosauria Benton p. 19
1990	Ceratosauria Osmolska p. 149
1990	Ceratosauria Rowe and Gauthier p. 152
1991	Ceratosauria Bonaparte p. 22
1992	Betasuchus bredai Le Loeuff et al. p. 337
1992	Ceratosauria Novas p. 140
1994	Ceratosauria Holtz
1994	Ceratosauria Pérez-Moreno et al. p. 184 fig. 1
1994	Ceratosauria Sereno et al. p. 268 fig. 3
1995	Ceratosauria Holtz, Jr. p. 35A
1995	Ceratosauria Holtz, Jr. and Padian p. 35A
1995	Ceratosauria Long and Murry p. 186
1995	Ceratosauria Sereno p. 52A
1997	Ceratosauria Currie p. 732
1997	Ceratosauria Sereno p. 444
1998	Ceratosauria Holtz, Jr. p. 39
1998	Betasuchus Le Loeuff p. 53
1998	Betasuchus bredai Le Loeuff p. 53
1998	Ceratosauria Sampson et al. p. 1050 fig. 3
1998	Ceratosauria Sereno p. 64
1999	Ceratosauria Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2000	Ceratosauria Holtz, Jr. p. 14
2000	Ceratosaurus meriani Olshevsky p. 106
2003	Ceratosauria Rauhut p. 135
2003	Ceratosauria Wilson et al.
2004	Dolichosuchus Carrano and Sampson p. 551
2004	Pterospondylus Carrano and Sampson p. 551
2004	Ceratosauria Rauhut p. 895
2004	Ceratosauria Tykoski and Rowe p. 48
2005	Ceratosauria Yates p. 118 fig. 9
2006	Ceratosauria Ezcurra p. 657 fig. 3
2006	Ceratosauria Mateus et al. p. 123
2007	Ceratosauria Ezcurra and Cuny p. 78 fig. 6
2009	Betasuchus bredai Buffetaut
2010	Ceratosauria Ezcurra et al. p. 14 fig. 8
2012	Ceratosauria Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2014	Ceratosauria Hendrickx and Mateus
2015	Betasuchus bredai Torices et al. p. 615
2017	Ceratosauria Longrich et al.
2018	Ceratosauria Delcourt and Iori
2020	Ceratosauria Baiano et al.

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