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CERATOSAURUS
willisobrienorum |
| DESCRIBER | Welles, Powell & Pickering, vide Pickering 1995 |
| TIME | Jurassic
Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian |
| CLASSIFICATION | Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria |
| DIET | Carnivore |
| FOSSILSITE | Brushy Basin Member Morrison Formation, Fruita, Colorado, Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry, Utah, US |
| FALL UNDER | CERATOSAURUS |
| LENGTH | |
| INFO | Ceratosaurus
(Marsh,1884)
> C.
nasicornis (Marsh,1884) C.ingens
(Janensch,1920) =
Megalosaurus
ingens (1) (Janensch,1920)
C. > C. willisobrienorum (Welles,
Powell
& Pickering,
vide Pickering
1995)
= C.
dentisulcatus (Madsen
& Welles
2000)
= C.
magnicornis (Madsen
& Welles
2000
Ceratosaurus willisobrienorum was diagnosed, with type (MWC) and referred specimen (UUVP) designated, in 1996, and has priority over Ceratosaurus magnicornis Madsen/Welles 2000 and Ceratosaurus dentisculatus Madsen/Welles 2000. Type:
MWC skull & skeleton, Brushy Basin Member Morrison Formation,
Fruita, Colorado. Ceratosaurus willisobrienorum sp. nov., MWC type skull & skeleton + UUVP referred disarticulated skull & skeleton (UUVP...[numbers as listed above]), a Ceratosaurus with premaxilla L:H index 80, Pm 3/M 15, caudal spines higher and persist farther beyond transition point than in C. nasicornis, and the apexes of the spines have no thickening". |
