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Allosauroidea (allosauroid)
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Taxonomy
Allosauroidea was named by Currie and Zhao (1994).
It was assigned to Neotetanurae by Sereno et al. (1994), Sereno et al. (1996), Hutt et al. (1996), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Carnosauria by Holtz (1996), Holtz (2000), Currie and Carpenter (2000), Holtz et al. (2004) and Novas et al. (2005); to Tetanurae by Sereno (1995), Allain (2001) and Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007); to Carnosauria by Currie and Zhao (1994), Holtz (1998), Rauhut (2003), Yates (2005) and Malafaia et al. (2007); and to Avetheropoda by Holtz (1995), Mateus (1998), Mateus et al. (2006) and Carrano et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Neotetanurae by Sereno et al. (1994), Sereno et al. (1996), Hutt et al. (1996), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Carnosauria by Holtz (1996), Holtz (2000), Currie and Carpenter (2000), Holtz et al. (2004) and Novas et al. (2005); to Tetanurae by Sereno (1995), Allain (2001) and Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007); to Carnosauria by Currie and Zhao (1994), Holtz (1998), Rauhut (2003), Yates (2005) and Malafaia et al. (2007); and to Avetheropoda by Holtz (1995), Mateus (1998), Mateus et al. (2006) and Carrano et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Allosauroidea Currie and Zhao |
| 1994 | Allosauroidea Sereno et al. p. 268 fig. 3 |
| 1995 | Allosauroidea Holtz, Jr. p. 35A |
| 1995 | Allosauroidea Sereno p. 53A |
| 1996 | Allosauroidea Holtz, Jr. p. 42A |
| 1996 | Allosauroidea Hutt et al. p. 638 |
| 1996 | Allosauroidea Sereno et al. p. 989 fig. 4 |
| 1997 | Allosauroidea Sereno p. 444 |
| 1998 | Allosauroidea Holtz, Jr. p. 40 |
| 1998 | Allosauroidea Mateus p. 112 |
| 1998 | Allosauroidea Sereno p. 64 |
| 1999 | Allosauroidea Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2 |
| 2000 | Allosauroidea Currie and Carpenter p. 210 |
| 2000 | Allosauroidea Holtz, Jr. p. 21 fig. 5 |
| 2001 | Allosauroidea Allain |
| 2003 | Allosauroidea Rauhut p. 145 |
| 2004 | Allosauroidea Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 74 |
| 2005 | Allosauroidea Novas et al. p. 229 fig. 3 |
| 2005 | Allosauroidea Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
| 2006 | Allosauroidea Mateus et al. p. 127 |
| 2007 | Allosauroidea Malafaia et al. p. 258 |
| 2007 | Allosauroidea Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 192 |
| 2012 | Allosauroidea Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
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