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Ceratosaurus
Taxonomy
Ceratosaurus was named by Marsh (1884). It is the type genus of Ceratosauroidea.
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurus by Lydekker (1893).
It was assigned to Coeluridae by von Zittel (1911); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1914); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1923) and Walker (1964); to Megalosauridae by Baur (1891), Janensch (1920), Matthew and Brown (1922), Piveteau (1923), Romer (1956), Romer (1966), Colbert and Russell (1969), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Galton (1977), Dong et al. (1978) and McIntosh (1981); to Ceratosauria by Benton (1990); to Theropoda by Currie (1995); to Ceratosauroidea by Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sampson et al. (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Neoceratosauria by Novas (1991), Novas (1992), Holtz (1994), Pérez-Moreno et al. (1994), Holtz (1995), Holtz (1998), Holtz (2000), Carrano et al. (2002) and Tykoski and Rowe (2004); to Ceratosauridae by Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Cope (1885), Marsh (1895), Depéret (1896), Marsh (1896), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Huene (1909), Gilmore (1920), Huene (1926), Stromer (1934), Russell (1984), Welles (1984), Paul (1988), Carroll (1988), Bonaparte et al. (1990), Bonaparte (1991), Bakker et al. (1992), Knoll et al. (1999), Chure et al. (2006), Mateus et al. (2006) and Soto and Perea (2008); and to Ceratosauria by Gauthier (1986), Rowe (1989), Rowe and Gauthier (1990), Rauhut (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Smith (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Ezcurra et al. (2010) and Carrano et al. (2012).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurus by Lydekker (1893).
It was assigned to Coeluridae by von Zittel (1911); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1914); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1923) and Walker (1964); to Megalosauridae by Baur (1891), Janensch (1920), Matthew and Brown (1922), Piveteau (1923), Romer (1956), Romer (1966), Colbert and Russell (1969), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Galton (1977), Dong et al. (1978) and McIntosh (1981); to Ceratosauria by Benton (1990); to Theropoda by Currie (1995); to Ceratosauroidea by Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sampson et al. (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Neoceratosauria by Novas (1991), Novas (1992), Holtz (1994), Pérez-Moreno et al. (1994), Holtz (1995), Holtz (1998), Holtz (2000), Carrano et al. (2002) and Tykoski and Rowe (2004); to Ceratosauridae by Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Cope (1885), Marsh (1895), Depéret (1896), Marsh (1896), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Huene (1909), Gilmore (1920), Huene (1926), Stromer (1934), Russell (1984), Welles (1984), Paul (1988), Carroll (1988), Bonaparte et al. (1990), Bonaparte (1991), Bakker et al. (1992), Knoll et al. (1999), Chure et al. (2006), Mateus et al. (2006) and Soto and Perea (2008); and to Ceratosauria by Gauthier (1986), Rowe (1989), Rowe and Gauthier (1990), Rauhut (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Smith (2007), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Ezcurra et al. (2010) and Carrano et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Ceratosaurus Marsh p. 69 |
| 1885 | Ceratosaurus Cope p. 68 |
| 1885 | Ceratosaurus Marsh p. 765 |
| 1891 | Ceratosaurus Baur p. 450 |
| 1895 | Ceratosaurus Marsh |
| 1896 | Ceratosaurus Depéret pp. 184-185 |
| 1896 | Ceratosaurus Marsh p. 240 |
| 1902 | Ceratosaurus Hay p. 493 |
| 1902 | Ceratosaurus Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxviii |
| 1909 | Ceratosaurus Huene p. 15 |
| 1911 | Ceratosaurus von Zittel p. 281 |
| 1914 | Ceratosaurus Huene p. 157 |
| 1920 | Ceratosaurus Gilmore p. 76 |
| 1920 | Ceratosaurus Janensch p. 230 |
| 1922 | Ceratosaurus Matthew and Brown p. 369 |
| 1923 | Ceratosaurus Huene p. 457 |
| 1923 | Ceratosaurus Piveteau p. 6 |
| 1926 | Ceratosaurus Huene p. 96 |
| 1934 | Ceratosaurus Stromer p. 80 |
| 1956 | Ceratosaurus Romer p. 615 |
| 1964 | Ceratosaurus Walker p. 114 |
| 1966 | Ceratosaurus Romer p. 369 |
| 1969 | Ceratosaurus Colbert and Russell pp. 36-37 |
| 1970 | Ceratosaurus Steel p. 30 |
| 1970 | Ceratosaurus Swinton p. 145 |
| 1977 | Ceratosaurus Galton p. 230 |
| 1978 | Ceratosaurus Dong et al. |
| 1981 | Ceratosaurus McIntosh p. 8 |
| 1984 | Ceratosaurus Russell p. 22 |
| 1984 | Ceratosaurus Welles p. 177 |
| 1986 | Ceratosaurus Gauthier p. 9 |
| 1988 | Ceratosaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Ceratosaurus Paul pp. 275-276 |
| 1989 | Ceratosaurus Rowe |
| 1990 | Ceratosaurus Benton p. 19 |
| 1990 | Ceratosaurus Bonaparte et al. pp. 35-36 |
| 1990 | Ceratosaurus Rowe and Gauthier p. 152 |
| 1991 | Ceratosaurus Bonaparte p. 22 |
| 1991 | Ceratosaurus Novas p. 401 |
| 1992 | Ceratosaurus Bakker et al. p. 10 |
| 1992 | Ceratosaurus Novas p. 142 |
| 1994 | Ceratosaurus Holtz, Jr. |
| 1994 | Ceratosaurus Pérez-Moreno et al. p. 184 fig. 1 |
| 1995 | Ceratosaurus Currie p. 25A |
| 1995 | Ceratosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 35A |
| 1997 | Ceratosaurus Sereno p. 455 |
| 1998 | Ceratosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 39 |
| 1998 | Ceratosaurus Sampson et al. p. 1051 |
| 1998 | Ceratosaurus Sereno p. 73 fig. 8 |
| 1999 | Ceratosaurus Knoll et al. p. 107 |
| 1999 | Ceratosaurus Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2 |
| 2000 | Ceratosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 16 fig. 5 |
| 2002 | Ceratosaurus Carrano et al. |
| 2003 | Ceratosaurus Rauhut p. 141 |
| 2004 | Ceratosaurus Sereno et al. p. 1329 fig. 4 |
| 2004 | Ceratosaurus Tykoski and Rowe p. 48 |
| 2005 | Ceratosaurus Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
| 2006 | Ceratosaurus Chure et al. p. 236 |
| 2006 | Ceratosaurus Mateus et al. p. 123 |
| 2007 | Ceratosaurus Smith p. 104 |
| 2008 | Ceratosaurus Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4 |
| 2008 | Ceratosaurus Soto and Perea p. 439 |
| 2010 | Ceratosaurus Ezcurra et al. p. 14 fig. 8 |
| 2012 | Ceratosaurus Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
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