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Carnosauria (carnosaur)
Taxonomy
Carnosauria was named by Huene (1920).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Carnosauria by Gauthier (1986), Gauthier et al. (1989), Osmolska (1990), Holtz and Padian (1995), Holtz (1996), Holtz (1998), Holtz (2000), Azuma and Currie (2000), Rauhut (2003), Holtz et al. (2004), Yates (2005) and Malafaia et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1926), Huene (1929) and Huene (1948); to Saurischia by Huene (1926) and Zhao (1983); to Theropoda by Lapparent (1947), Haughton and Brink (1954), Delair (1960), Simmons (1965), Romer (1966), Miller (1967), Haubold (1971), Delair (1973), Baird and Horner (1979) and Buscalioni and Sanz (1987); to Theropoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Theropoda by Lull (1953), Romer (1956), Walker (1964), Estes (1964), Colbert (1964), del Corro (1966), Colbert and Russell (1969), Osmólska and Roniewicz (1970), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Barsbold (1976), Barsbold (1977), Ostrom (1980), Santafé et al. (1982), Dong et al. (1983), Barsbold (1983), Russell (1984), Gauthier and Padian (1985), Jensen (1985), Currie (1995), Azuma and Currie (2000) and Maisch and Matzke (2003); to Tetanurae by Gauthier (1986), Benton (1990), Osmolska (1990), Novas (1992), Chatterjee (1993), Russell and Dong (1994), Holtz and Padian (1995), Rauhut (2003) and Coria and Currie (2006); and to Avetheropoda by Holtz (1996), Holtz (1998), Holtz (2000), Holtz et al. (2004), Yates (2005) and Malafaia et al. (2007).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Carnosauria by Gauthier (1986), Gauthier et al. (1989), Osmolska (1990), Holtz and Padian (1995), Holtz (1996), Holtz (1998), Holtz (2000), Azuma and Currie (2000), Rauhut (2003), Holtz et al. (2004), Yates (2005) and Malafaia et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1926), Huene (1929) and Huene (1948); to Saurischia by Huene (1926) and Zhao (1983); to Theropoda by Lapparent (1947), Haughton and Brink (1954), Delair (1960), Simmons (1965), Romer (1966), Miller (1967), Haubold (1971), Delair (1973), Baird and Horner (1979) and Buscalioni and Sanz (1987); to Theropoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Theropoda by Lull (1953), Romer (1956), Walker (1964), Estes (1964), Colbert (1964), del Corro (1966), Colbert and Russell (1969), Osmólska and Roniewicz (1970), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Barsbold (1976), Barsbold (1977), Ostrom (1980), Santafé et al. (1982), Dong et al. (1983), Barsbold (1983), Russell (1984), Gauthier and Padian (1985), Jensen (1985), Currie (1995), Azuma and Currie (2000) and Maisch and Matzke (2003); to Tetanurae by Gauthier (1986), Benton (1990), Osmolska (1990), Novas (1992), Chatterjee (1993), Russell and Dong (1994), Holtz and Padian (1995), Rauhut (2003) and Coria and Currie (2006); and to Avetheropoda by Holtz (1996), Holtz (1998), Holtz (2000), Holtz et al. (2004), Yates (2005) and Malafaia et al. (2007).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Carnosauria Huene p. 211 |
| 1926 | Carnosauria Huene pp. 103-104 |
| 1929 | Carnosauria Huene p. 270 |
| 1947 | Carnosauria Lapparent pp. 16-17 |
| 1948 | Carnosauria Huene p. 89 |
| 1953 | Carnosauria Lull p. 178 |
| 1954 | Carnosauria Haughton and Brink p. 4 |
| 1956 | Carnosauria Romer p. 613 |
| 1960 | Carnosauria Delair p. 76 |
| 1964 | Carnosauria Colbert p. 21 fig. 6 |
| 1964 | Carnosauria Estes p. 144 |
| 1964 | Deinodontoidea Tatarinov p. 585 |
| 1964 | Carnosauria Walker p. 105 |
| 1965 | Carnosauria Simmons p. 64 |
| 1966 | Carnosauria Romer p. 369 |
| 1966 | Carnosauria del Corro p. 2 |
| 1967 | Carnosauria Miller, Jr. p. 232 |
| 1969 | Carnosauria Colbert and Russell p. 45 |
| 1970 | Carnosauria Osmólska and Roniewicz p. 7 |
| 1970 | Carnosauria Steel p. 20 |
| 1970 | Carnosauria Swinton p. 117 |
| 1971 | Carnosauria Haubold p. 75 |
| 1973 | Carnosauria Delair p. 1 |
| 1976 | Carnosauria Barsbold p. 74 |
| 1977 | Carnosauria Barsbold p. 50 |
| 1979 | Carnosauria Baird and Horner p. 6 |
| 1980 | Carnosauria Ostrom p. 22 |
| 1982 | Carnosauria Santafé et al. p. 83 |
| 1983 | Carnosauria Barsbold p. 95 |
| 1983 | Carnosauria Dong et al. |
| 1983 | Carnosauria Zhao p. 296 |
| 1984 | Carnosauria Russell p. 28 |
| 1985 | Carnosauria Gauthier and Padian pp. 189-190 fig. 2 |
| 1985 | Carnosauria Jensen p. 711 |
| 1986 | Carnosauria Gauthier p. 55 fig. 9 |
| 1987 | Carnosauria Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66 |
| 1989 | Carnosauria Gauthier et al. p. 347 |
| 1990 | Carnosauria Benton p. 19 |
| 1990 | Carnosauria Osmolska p. 149 |
| 1992 | Carnosauria Novas p. 144 |
| 1993 | Carnosauria Chatterjee p. 283 |
| 1994 | Carnosauria Russell and Dong p. 2125 |
| 1995 | Carnosauria Currie p. 25A |
| 1995 | Carnosauria Holtz, Jr. and Padian p. 35A |
| 1996 | Carnosauria Holtz, Jr. p. 42A |
| 1998 | Carnosauria Holtz, Jr. p. 39 |
| 2000 | Carnosauria Azuma and Currie p. 1737 |
| 2000 | Carnosauria Holtz, Jr. pp. 20-21 fig. 5 |
| 2003 | Carnosauria Maisch and Matzke p. 282 |
| 2003 | Carnosauria Rauhut p. 143 |
| 2004 | Carnosauria Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 74 |
| 2005 | Carnosauria Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
| 2006 | Carnosauria Coria and Currie p. 108 fig. 35 |
| 2007 | Carnosauria Malafaia et al. p. 258 |
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