Aratasaurus museunacionali

Aratasaurus museunacionali

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coelurosauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria

Genus: †Aratasaurus
Species: †Aratasaurus museunacionali

Name

Aratasaurus museunacionali Sayão, Saraiva, Brum, Bantim, Andrade, Cheng, Lima, Silva & Kellner, 2020

Holotype: MPSC R 2089

Type locality: Brazil, Santana do Cariri, Romualdo Formation

Etymology: named after Museu Nacional. [Sayão et al., 2020: page 2]

References

Primary references

• Sayão, J.M, Saraiva, A.A.F., Brum, A.S., Bantim, R.A.M., Andrade, R.C.L.P., Cheng, X., Lima, F.J., Silva, H.P. & Kellner, A.W.A. 2020. The first theropod dinosaur (Coelurosauria, Theropoda) from the base of the Romualdo Formation (Albian), Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil. Scientific Reports 10(10892): 1–15. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67822-9 . Reference page. 

Links

• Aratasaurus museunacionali – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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