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Australovenator
Taxonomy
Australovenator was named by Hocknull et al. (2009). Its type is Australovenator wintonensis.
It was assigned to Allosauroidea by Hocknull et al. (2009); to Megaraptora by Agnolin et al. (2010), Benson et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012); to Neovenatoridae by White et al. (2012), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Csiki-Sava et al. (2016); and to Megaraptoridae by Novas et al. (2013), White et al. (2015), Salisbury et al. (2016), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2019), Brougham et al. (2019), Lamanna et al. (2020), Poropat et al. (2020), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2022), Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Allosauroidea by Hocknull et al. (2009); to Megaraptora by Agnolin et al. (2010), Benson et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012); to Neovenatoridae by White et al. (2012), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Csiki-Sava et al. (2016); and to Megaraptoridae by Novas et al. (2013), White et al. (2015), Salisbury et al. (2016), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2019), Brougham et al. (2019), Lamanna et al. (2020), Poropat et al. (2020), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2022), Poropat et al. (2023).
Species
A. wintonensis (type species)
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2009-07-08; modified by M. Carrano on 2024-10-31
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Australovenator Hocknull et al. p. 23 |
| 2010 | Australovenator Agnolin et al. p. 284 |
| 2010 | Australovenator Benson et al. p. 76 |
| 2012 | Australovenator Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
| 2012 | Australovenator White et al. p. 27 |
| 2013 | Australovenator Novas et al. p. 194 |
| 2014 | Australovenator Hendrickx and Mateus |
| 2015 | Australovenator White et al. p. 2 |
| 2016 | Australovenator Csiki-Sava et al. p. 230 |
| 2016 | Australovenator Salisbury et al. p. 124 |
| 2019 | Australovenator Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 120 |
| 2019 | Australovenator Brougham et al. p. 2 |
| 2020 | Australovenator Lamanna et al. p. 284 |
| 2020 | Australovenator Poropat et al. p. 2 |
| 2022 | Australovenator Aranciaga Rolando et al. |
| 2023 | Australovenator Poropat et al. p. 165 |
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G. †Australovenator Hocknull et al. 2009
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†Australovenator wintonensis Hocknull et al. 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| fibula diameter | 1 | 59.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| tibia circumference | 2 | 158.9 | 153.0 | 165.0 | 159.0 | 8.49 |
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 125.77000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Barremian | Australia (Victoria) | Megaraptora indet. (51961) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Australia (Victoria) | A. wintonensis (118946) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | A. wintonensis (90140 153781) |