Genyodectes Woodward 1901 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. On some extinct reptiles from Patagonia, of the genera Miolania, Dinilysia, and Genyodectes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(1):169-184

Parent taxon: Ceratosauria according to F. A. Gianechini et al. 2015

See also Ameghino 1906, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1996, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Carroll 1988, Delcourt 2018, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Huene 1909, Huene 1926, Huene 1927, Huene 1929, Kuhn 1939, Molnar 1980, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Otero and Reguero 2013, Rauhut 2004, Rauhut 2007, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Steel 1970, Stromer 1934, Tatarinov 1964, Tortosa et al. 2014, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, von Zittel 1911 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: Abelisauroidea, Berberosaurus, Betasuchus, Ceratosauridae, Ceratosauroidea, Ceratosaurus, Dolichosuchus, Megalosaurus meriani, Neoceratosauria, Noasauridae, Orthogoniosaurus, Pterospondylus, Saltriovenator, Spinostropheus

Subtaxa: Genyodectes serus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cañadón Grande, Rio Chubút (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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