Irritator

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Taxonavigation: Megalosauroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Spinosauridae
Subfamilia: †Spinosaurinae
Genus: †Irritator
Species: †I. challengeri
Name[edit]
Irritator Martill, Cruickshank, Frey, Small & Clarke, 1996
- Type species: Irritator challengeri Martill, Cruickshank, Frey, Small & Clarke, 1996
Etymology: from irritation, the feeling the authors felt when discovering that the snout had been artificially elongated [Martill et al., 1996: page 5]
Synonyms[edit]
- ?Angaturama Kellner & Campos, 1996
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Martill, D.M.; Cruickshank, A.R.I.; Frey, E.; Small, P.G.; Clarke, M. 1996. A new crested maniraptoran dinosaur from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil. Journal of the Geological Society. 153(1): 5–8. DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.1.0005 Preview (PDF).
- Carrano, M.T., Benson, R.B.J. & Sampson, S.D. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2): 211–300. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.630927 ResearchGate Reference page.
Links[edit]
- Irritator – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Vernacular names[edit]
한국어: 이리타토르
українська: Іритатор
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