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CERATOSAURUS nasicornis |
| DESCRIBER | Marsh,1884 |
| TIME | Jurassic
Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian |
| CLASSIFICATION | Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria |
| DIET | Carnivore |
| FOSSILSITE | Morrison Formation, Garden Park Quarry No. 1, near Canyon City,Colorado, Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry Utah, US Mtwara, Tanzania |
| FALL UNDER | CERATOSAURUS |
| LENGTH | 6 meter |
| 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
5 individuals, including nearly complete adult skeleton. Ceratosaurus nasicornis is diagnosed by its median nasal "horn" fusion between metatarsals II-IV, and epaxial osteoderms (Gilmore, 1920). A nasal horn also occurs in Proceratosaurus bradleyi, but the latter taxon bears a large, circular maxillary fenestra and an antorbital maxillary tooth row, diagnostic characters of Tetanurae (Gauthier, 1986), and it lacks the diagnostic characters of Ceratosauria. |
