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Eoraptor
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Taxonomy
Eoraptor was named by Sereno et al. (1993). It is not extant. Its type is Eoraptor lunensis.
It was assigned to Theropoda by Sereno et al. (1993), Sereno (1995), Currie (1995), Novas (1996), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Dinosauriformes by Fraser et al. (2002); to Saurischia by Langer (2004); to Theropoda by Thulborn (2006); to Saurischia by Yates (2005), Langer and Benton (2006) and Martínez and Alcober (2009); to Sauropodomorpha by Martinez et al. (2011); and to Theropoda by Rauhut (2003), Smith (2007), Nesbitt et al. (2009) and Sues et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Sereno et al. (1993), Sereno (1995), Currie (1995), Novas (1996), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998) and Sereno (1999); to Dinosauriformes by Fraser et al. (2002); to Saurischia by Langer (2004); to Theropoda by Thulborn (2006); to Saurischia by Yates (2005), Langer and Benton (2006) and Martínez and Alcober (2009); to Sauropodomorpha by Martinez et al. (2011); and to Theropoda by Rauhut (2003), Smith (2007), Nesbitt et al. (2009) and Sues et al. (2011).
Species
E. lunensis (type species)
Sister genera
Ageroolithus, Asianopodus, Boutakioutichnium, Bueckeburgichnus, Byakudansauropus, Carmelopodus, Corpulentapus, Daemonosaurus, Eodromaeus, Fenestrosaurus, Fuscinapedis, Hadrosaurichnus, Iranosauripus, Itsukisauropus, Jialingpus, Kalohipus, Kayentapus, Kuangyuanpus, Kuwajimasauropus, Megalosauropus, Minisauripus, Neotrisauropus, Ornithoides, Ovoraptor, Paragrallator, Picunichnus, Plectropus, Protoavis, Reticuloolithus, Sarmientichnus (syn. Casamiquelichnus), Saurexallopus (syn. Exallopus), Selenichnus, Siamopodus, Sinosaurus, Skartopus, Tawa, Therangospodus, Triprismatoolithus, Tubercuoolithus, Wildeichnus, Yangtzepus, Yaverlandia
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Eoraptor Sereno et al. p. 64 fig. 2 |
| 1995 | Eoraptor Currie p. 25A |
| 1995 | Eoraptor Sereno p. 52A |
| 1996 | Eoraptor Novas p. 737 fig. 10 |
| 1997 | Eoraptor Sereno p. 442 fig. 4 |
| 1998 | Eoraptor Sereno p. 73 fig. 8 |
| 1999 | Eoraptor Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2 |
| 2002 | Eoraptor Fraser et al. p. 92 |
| 2003 | Eoraptor Rauhut p. 131 |
| 2004 | Eoraptor Langer p. 27 |
| 2005 | Eoraptor Yates p. 118 fig. 9 |
| 2006 | Eoraptor Langer and Benton p. 348 fig. 15 |
| 2006 | Eoraptor Thulborn p. 288 |
| 2007 | Eoraptor Smith p. 104 |
| 2009 | Eoraptor Martínez and Alcober p. 11 fig. 10 |
| 2009 | Eoraptor Nesbitt et al. p. 1532 |
| 2011 | Eoraptor Martinez et al. pp. 207-208 |
| 2011 | Eoraptor Sues et al. p. 3462 fig. 3 |
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