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Rugops primus

Description

Rugops (meaning "wrinkle face") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that inhabited what is now Africa approximately 95 million years ago, during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4966168https://www.gbif.org/species/4966168
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)71395https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71395
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Abelisauridae : Rugops : Rugops primus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Abelisauridae : Rugops : Rugops primus
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
superfamilyAbelisauroideaBonaparte 1991
familyAbelisauridaeBonaparte and Novas 1985
genusRugopsSereno et al. 2004
speciesRugops primusSereno et al. 2004
Generic NameRugops
Scientific NameRugops primus Sereno et al., 2004
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rugops primusspeciesbelongs to Rugopsstated with evidenceSereno et al., 2004
Rugops primusspeciesbelongs to Rugopsstated without evidenceCoria et al., 2006
Rugops primusspeciesbelongs to Rugopsstated with evidenceCarrano and Sampson, 2008
Rugops primusspeciesbelongs to Rugopsstated without evidenceLe Loeuff et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper 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)P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, and J. L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271(1546):1325-1330
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugops_primus

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Rigops primus Sereno et al., 2004GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Abelisauridae : Rugops : Rigops primus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Rugops primus Sereno et al. p. 1326 fig. 3
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
2016Rugops primus Ratsinbaholison et al. p. 282

References

Sereno P. C., Wilson J. A., et al (2004) New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the mid-Cretaceous, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271 1546, 1325-1330
Brusatte S., Sereno P. C. (2007) A new species of Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Niger and a revision of the genus, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 4, 902-916
Carrano M. T., Sampson S. D. (2008) The phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6 2, 183-236 doi:10.1017/S1477201907002246
M. T. Carrano, S. D. Sampson (2008) The phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda): Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2: 183--236 (10.1017/S1477201907002246) - via Catalogue of Life
P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, J. L. Conrad (2004) New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the mid-Cretaceous: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 1546: 1325--1330 - via Catalogue of Life
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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