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Australovenator

Reptilia - Megaraptoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Australovenator Hocknull et al. p. 23
2010Australovenator Agnolin et al. p. 284
2010Australovenator Benson et al. p. 76
2012Australovenator Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2012Australovenator White et al. p. 27
2013Australovenator Novas et al. p. 194
2014Australovenator Hendrickx and Mateus
2015Australovenator White et al. p. 2
2016Australovenator Csiki-Sava et al. p. 230
2016Australovenator Salisbury et al. p. 124
2019Australovenator Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 120
2019Australovenator Brougham et al. p. 2
2020Australovenator Poropat et al. p. 2
2022Australovenator Aranciaga Rolando et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Megaraptora
familyMegaraptoridae
genusAustralovenator

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Australovenator Hocknull et al. 2009
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Australovenator wintonensis Hocknull et al. 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
fibula diameter159.0----
tibia circumference2158.9153.0165.0159.08.49

Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 122.46000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Australia (Victoria) Megaraptora indet. (51961)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Australia (Victoria) A. wintonensis (118946)
Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.3Australia (Queensland) A. wintonensis (153781)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (Queensland) A. wintonensis (90140)