Irritator challengeri

Irritator challengeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Megalosauroidea

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 Superfamilia: †Megalosauroidea

Familia: †Spinosauridae
Subfamilia: †Spinosaurinae
Genus: †Irritator
Species: †Irritator challengeri

Name

Irritator challengeri Martill, Cruickshank, Frey, Small & Clarke, 1996

Holotype: SMNS 58022 (a skull)

Type locality: Brazil, Santana do Cariri, Romualdo Formation.

Etymology: from Professor Challenger, the ficticious hero and dinosaur discoverer of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's Lost World. [Martill et al., 1996: page 5]

Synonyms

• ?Angaturama limai Kellner & Campos, 1996

References

Primary references

• 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). Reference page. 
• 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

• Irritator challengeri – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

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