Carnosauria

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Carnosauria is a clade of large, typically bipedal predatory dinosaurs that includes formidable Jurassic and Cretaceous hunters such as Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Carnosauria canonical 3
Allosauroidea 1
Carcharodontosauridae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dinosaur clade
theropod clade
contains some of the largest known terrestrial predators
definingFeatures large hindlimbs
large skull
powerful jaws
sharp serrated teeth
shorter forelimbs than hindlimbs
three-fingered forelimbs
diet carnivorous
distinguishedFrom Coelurosauria
etymology derived from Latin "caro" (flesh) and Greek "sauros" (lizard)
firstAppearance Middle Jurassic
fossilRecord well represented in Cretaceous strata
well represented in Jurassic strata
geographicDistribution Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
includesTaxon Acrocanthosaurus
Allosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus
linked to: Carcharodontosauria

Giganotosaurus
Mapusaurus
linked to: Mapusaurus roseae

Monolophosaurus
Neovenator
Sinraptor
linked to: Neovenator

Tyrannotitan
Yangchuanosaurus
lastAppearance Late Cretaceous
lifestyle predatory
memberOf Dinosauria
Saurischia
namedBy Harry Govier Seeley
notableMember Allosaurus fragilis
linked to: Allosaurus

Giganotosaurus carolinii
linked to: Giganotosaurus
parentTaxon Averostra
Tetanurae
Theropoda
subtaxon Allosauridae
Allosauroidea
Carcharodontosauridae
linked to: Carcharodontosauria

Metriacanthosauridae
Neovenatoridae
taxonRank clade
temporalRangeEnd Late Cretaceous
temporalRangeStart Middle Jurassic
typicalBodySize large
typicalLocomotion bipedal

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theropoda includes Carnosauria
Tetanurae includesTaxon Carnosauria
Tetanurae includesTaxon Allosauroidea
linked to: Carnosauria
Allosaurus theropodClade Carnosauria
Giganotosaurus family Carcharodontosauridae
linked to: Carnosauria