| Source Data | |
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| Rank | family (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Carcharodontosauridae |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Theropoda | stated without evidence | Stromer, 1931 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | subjective synonym of Megalosaurinidae | stated without evidence | Steel, 1970 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated without evidence | Rauhut, 1995 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated with evidence | Sereno et al., 1996 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated without evidence | Holtz, 1996 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated with evidence | Sereno, 1998 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Carnosauria | stated without evidence | Currie and Carpenter, 2000 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated without evidence | Rauhut, 2003 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated with evidence | Holtz et al., 2004 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated without evidence | Novas et al., 2005 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Carnosauria | stated without evidence | Coria and Currie, 2006 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated without evidence | Brusatte and Sereno, 2007 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated with evidence | Brusatte et al., 2009 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Carcharodontosauria | stated with evidence | Benson et al., 2010 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated without evidence | Candeiro et al., 2012 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Carcharodontosauria | stated with evidence | Carrano et al., 2012 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated with evidence | Canale et al., 2013 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Carcharodontosauria | stated without evidence | de Azevedo et al., 2013 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Allosauroidea | stated with evidence | Hendrickx and Mateus, 2014 | | Carcharodontosauridae | family | belongs to Carcharodontosauria | stated without evidence | Sanz et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 30 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 156 - 151 Ma
Jurassic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper 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 Carnosauria) |
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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) | E. Stromer. 1931. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharîjestufe (unterstes Cenoman). 10. Ein Skelett-Rest von Carcharodontosaurus nov. gen. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 9:1-23 |
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| Stromer E. (1931) Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharîjestufe (unterstes Cenoman). 10. Ein Skelett-Rest von Carcharodontosaurus nov. gen, Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 9, 1-23 |
| del Corro G. (1966) Un nuevo Dinosaurio carnivoro del Chubut [A new carnivorous dinosaur from Chubut], Communicaciones del Museuo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontologia 1 1, 1-4 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1978) El Mesozoico de America de Sur y sus Tetrapodos [The Mesozoic of South America and its tetrapods], Opera Lilloana 26, 1-596 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Currie P. J., Carpenter K. (2000) A new specimen of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Oklahoma, USA, Geodiversitas 22 2, 207-246 |
| Rauhut O. W. M. (2003) The interrelationships and evolution of basal theropod dinosaurs, Special Papers in Palaeontology 69, 1-213 |
| Holtz, Jr. T. R., Molnar R. E., et al (2004) Basal Tetanurae, The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 71-110 |
| Novas F. E., de Valais S., et al (2005) A large Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia, Argentina, and the evolution of carcharodontosaurids, Naturwissenschaften 92, 226-230 |
| Yates A. M. (2005) A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods, Palaeontologia Africana 41, 105-122 |
| Coria R. A., Currie P. J. (2006) A new carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina, Geodiversitas 28 1, 71-118 |
| Brusatte S., Sereno P. C. (2007) Phylogeny of Allosauroidea (Dinosauria: Theropoda): new analysis, comparisons, and sources of disagreement, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 3, 54A |
| Brusatte S. L., Benson R. B. J., et al (2009) The first definitive carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Asia and the delayed ascent of tyrannosaurids, Naturwissenschaften 96, 1051-1058 |
| Benson R. B. J., Carrano M. T., et al (2010) A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic, Naturwissenschaften 97, 71-78 doi:10.1007/s00114-009-0614-x |
| Candeiro C. R. A., Currie P. J., et al (2012) Theropod teeth from the Marília Formation (late Maastrichtian) at the paleontological site of Peirópolis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, Revista Brasileira de Geosciências 42 2, 323-330 |
| Carrano M. T., Benson R. B. J., et al (2012) The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 2, 211-300 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927 |
| Canale J. I., Novas F. E., et al (2013) Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Tyrannotitan chubutensis Novas, de Valais, Vickers-Rich and Rich, 2005 (Theropoda: Carcharodontosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, Historical Biology doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.861830 |
| de Azevedo R. P. F., Simbras F. M., et al (2013) First Brazilian carcharodontosaurid and other new theropod dinosaur fossils from the Campanian-Maastrichtian Presidente Prudente Formation, São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil, Cretaceous Research 40, 131-142 doi:dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2012.06.004 |
| Hendrickx C., Mateus O. (2014) Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and dentition-based phylogeny as a contribution for the indentification of isolated theropod teeth, Zootaxa 3759 1, 1-74 |
| Sanz J. L., Ortega F., et al (2014) , Dinosaurios Maravillosos de España [Marvelous Dinosaurs from Spain], 1-155 |
| Csiki-Sava Z., Brusatte S. L., et al (2016) “Megalosaurus cf. superbus” from southeastern Romania: the oldest known Cretaceous carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for earliest Cretaceous Europe-Gondwana connections, Cretaceous Research 60, 221-238 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.004 |
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