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Carcharodontosauridae
Taxonomy
Carcharodontosauridae was named by Stromer (1931). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Benson et al. (2010) and de Azevedo et al. (2013).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurinidae by Steel (1970).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Stromer (1931); to Theropoda by Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004); to Carnosauria by Currie and Carpenter (2000) and Coria and Currie (2006); to Allosauroidea by Rauhut (1995), Sereno et al. (1996), Larsson (1996), Holtz (1996), Hutchinson and Padian (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Rauhut (2003), Holtz et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Novas et al. (2005), Brusatte and Sereno (2007), Brusatte and Sereno (2007), Brusatte et al. (2009), Candeiro et al. (2012), Canale et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2013) and Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Carcharodontosauria by Benson et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012), de Azevedo et al. (2013), Sanz et al. (2014), Csiki-Sava et al. (2016) and Carrano (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurinidae by Steel (1970).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Stromer (1931); to Theropoda by Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004); to Carnosauria by Currie and Carpenter (2000) and Coria and Currie (2006); to Allosauroidea by Rauhut (1995), Sereno et al. (1996), Larsson (1996), Holtz (1996), Hutchinson and Padian (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Rauhut (2003), Holtz et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Novas et al. (2005), Brusatte and Sereno (2007), Brusatte and Sereno (2007), Brusatte et al. (2009), Candeiro et al. (2012), Canale et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2013) and Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Carcharodontosauria by Benson et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012), de Azevedo et al. (2013), Sanz et al. (2014), Csiki-Sava et al. (2016) and Carrano (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1931 | Carcharodontosauridae Stromer p. 19 |
1966 | Megalosaurus inexpectatus del Corro p. 282 figs. 1-3 |
1978 | Megalosaurus inexpectatus Bonaparte p. 551 |
1979 | Megalosaurus inexpectatus Bonaparte p. 229 |
1995 | Carcharodontosauridae Rauhut p. 370 |
1996 | Carcharodontosauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 42A |
1996 | Carcharodontosauridae Larsson p. 47A |
1996 | Carcharodontosauridae Sereno et al. p. 989 fig. 4 |
1997 | Carcharodontosauridae Hutchinson and Padian p. 96 |
1997 | Carcharodontosauridae Sereno p. 456 |
1998 | Carcharodontosauridae Sereno p. 64 |
2000 | Carcharodontosauridae Currie and Carpenter p. 236 fig. 15 |
2003 | Carcharodontosauridae Rauhut p. 147 |
2004 | Carcharodontosauridae Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 75 |
2004 | Carcharodontosauridae Martinelli and Forasiepi p. 260 |
2005 | Carcharodontosauridae Novas et al. p. 226 |
2005 | Carcharodontosauridae Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
2006 | Carcharodontosauridae Coria and Currie p. 108 fig. 35 |
2007 | Carcharodontosauridae Brusatte and Sereno p. 54A |
2009 | Carcharodontosauridae Brusatte et al. p. 1055 fig. 3 |
2010 | Carcharodontosauridae Benson et al. p. 75 |
2012 | Carcharodontosauridae Candeiro et al. p. 326 |
2012 | Carcharodontosauridae Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
2013 | Carcharodontosauridae Canale et al. |
2013 | Carcharodontosauridae Novas et al. p. 184 |
2013 | Carcharodontosauridae de Azevedo et al. |
2014 | Carcharodontosauridae Hendrickx and Mateus |
2014 | Carcharodontosauridae Sanz et al. p. 75 |
2016 | Carcharodontosauridae Csiki-Sava et al. p. 230 |
2023 | Carcharodontosauridae Carrano p. 4 |
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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.
Fm. †Carcharodontosauridae Stromer 1931
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G. †Acrocanthosaurus Stovall and Langston, Jr. 1950
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†Acrocanthosaurus atokensis Stovall and Langston, Jr. 1950
Subfm. †Carcharodontosaurinae Brusatte and Sereno 2007
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Tr. †Giganotosaurini Brusatte and Sereno 2008
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Invalid names: Giganotosaurinae Coria and Currie 2006 [synonym]
G. †Carcharodontosaurus Stromer 1931
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†Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis Brusatte and Sereno 2007
†Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin 1925
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Invalid names: Megalosaurus africanus Huene 1956 [objective synonym], Sauroniops pachytholus Cau et al. 2013 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sauroniops Cau et al. 2013 [synonym]
Invalid names: Megalosaurus inexpectatus del Corro 1966 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 |
Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 152.10000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (103 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Tanzania (Lindi) | Veterupristisaurus milneri, Ceratosaurus roechlingi (47151) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Spain (Asturias) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (84205) | |
Tithonian | Tanzania (Lindi) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (47159) | |
Late/Upper Berriasian | Spain (La Rioja) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (224944) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Barremian | Niger (Agadez) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25226) | |
Early/Lower Cretaceous | South Korea (Jeollabuk-do) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (220102) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Albian | Algeria (Illizi) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25137) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Albian | Algeria (Adrar) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25139) | |
Valanginian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Tetanurae indet. (193674) | |
Valanginian | Romania (Constanta) | Megalosaurus superbus (90900) | |
Hauterivian - Aptian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (116296) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (53921 157897) | |
Early/Lower Barremian - Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (228969) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Valenciana) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (45148) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Concavenator corcovatus (28006) | |
Barremian - Aptian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (75192) | |
Barremian - Albian | Tunisia (Medinine) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (166013) | |
Aptian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (25362) | |
Aptian | USA (Oklahoma) | Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (25147 25148 25149) | |
Aptian | China (Guangxi) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (154688) | |
Aptian | Niger (Agadez) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25194) | |
Aptian - Albian | USA (Utah) | Acrocanthosaurus sp. (60815) | |
Aptian - Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Carcharodontosauridae indet., Eocarcharia dinops (81086) Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25355) Eocarcharia dinops (81087) | |
Aptian - Albian | China (Henan) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (117983 117986) | |
Aptian - Albian | USA (Oklahoma) | Acrocanthosaurus sp. (223865) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (51709) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Maryland) | Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, Acrocanthosaurus sp. (14376) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Oklahoma) | Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (14392) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (125935) Megalosaurus saharicus (25200) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Médenine) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (67203) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Argentina (Chubut) | Megalosaurus inexpectatus (38533) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian | China (Xinjiang) | Kelmayisaurus petrolicus (49817) | |
Early/Lower Aptian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (227053) | |
Albian | Algeria (Adrar) | Megalosaurus saharicus (59689 59690) | |
Albian | USA (Arkansas) | Theropoda indet. (222851) | |
Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25195 25197) | |
Albian | Argentina (Chubut) | Theropoda indet. (38529 38531) Tyrannotitan chubutensis (162466) | |
Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (116297) | |
Albian | Algeria | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (187588) | |
Albian | Algeria (El Bayadh) | Dinosauria indet. (206287) Theropoda indet. (206288) | |
Albian - Cenomanian | Brazil (Ceará) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (224256) | |
Early/Lower Albian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (79658) | |
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Illizi) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25192) | |
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (67235) | |
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (50496) Theropoda indet. (50498) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Agadez) | Megalosaurus saharicus (25221) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (52887) Carcharodontosaurus sp. (13274) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Adrar) | Theropoda indet. A (59578) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Arizona) | Carcharodontosaurinae indet. (13105) | |
Cenomanian | Algeria (El Bayadh) | Theropoda indet. (206286) | |
Cenomanian | Algeria (Adrar) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (59341) | |
Cenomanian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Carcharodontosaurus sp., Bahariasaurus sp., Carcharodontosaurus sp. (56365) | |
Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (135639) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Illizi) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (227231) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Agadez) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (58577) Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis (230997) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (223883) Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (144705 163917 227024) Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, Theropoda indet. (155212 163916) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt (Matruh) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25127) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt (Al Jizah) | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (25126) Carcharodontosaurus sp. (47136) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (80179) Giganotosaurus sp. (51945) Tetanurae indet. (28460) Theropoda indet. (51944) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (77229 77230 77231 77232 77233) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Zinder) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (228906) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (219515) Giganotosaurus carolinii (67296) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (55351 123202) | |
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Carcharodontosauridae indet., Taurovenator violantei (180530) | |
Turonian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (219613) | |
Turonian | China (Nei Mongol) | Chilantaisaurus maortuensis (66924) | |
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (49415) | |
Campanian | Argentina (Salta) | Unquillosaurus ceibalii (13209) | |
Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (38682) | |
Middle Campanian | Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) | Carcharodontosaurus sp. (54083) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (56997 57003) | |
Maastrichtian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Carcharodontosauridae indet. (64133) |