User:John Troodon/citing 2/Phylogeny of Ceratosauria

Ceratosaurs; Temporal range: Late Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 200–65.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Abelisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Infraorder:	Ceratosauria; Marsh, 1884

Ceratosauria is a group of primitive theropods.

Phylogeny[edit]

By Gauthier^[1]

______Ceratosauria
    _____Liliensternus
       ___Procompsognathus
         __TETANURAE

M.Fabbri et al.^[2]

_________Herrerasaurus
______________Tawa
________________Megapnosaurus
         |       |Cryolophosaurus
         _______
                 |Dilophosaurus 
____________________Ceratosaurus
|
|_____________________Masiakasaurus
|               |
|               |Limusaurus
|                |Deltadromeus
|
|_________________Rugops
      |
      |__________|Abelisaurus
                   |Rajasaurus
                   |Carnotaurus
                     |Majungasaurus

Holtz et al.^[3]

__________|Coelophysidae
          |Dilophosauridae 
          |___Elaphrosauridae
             |_Ceratosaurus
               |__Carnotaurus
               |__Abelisaurus

Distribution of some ceratosaurs through time.

References[edit]

^ The Phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Matthew T. Carrano Scott D. Sampson
^ Evidence of a new carcharodontosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco, A Cau, FM Dalla Vecchia
^ A new phylogeny of the carnivorous dinosaurs, T.R. Holtz Jr.

[1] The Phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Matthew T. Carrano Scott D. Sampson

[2] Evidence of a new carcharodontosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco, A Cau, FM Dalla Vecchia

[3] A new phylogeny of the carnivorous dinosaurs, T.R. Holtz Jr.

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