Biology:Bahariasauridae

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Short description: Probable family of averostran theropods

Bahariasauridae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous 96–91 Ma
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The paleontologist Ernst Stromer with the femur of Bahariasaurus.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Averostra
Family: Bahariasauridae
von Huene, 1948
Type species
Bahariasaurus ingens
Stromer, 1934
Subclades

Bahariasauridae is a potential family of averostran theropods that might include a handful of African and South American genera, such as Aoniraptor, Bahariasaurus, Deltadromeus, and Gualicho.[1][2] The placement of these theropods is controversial, with some studies placing them as basal ceratosaurs possibly related to Noasauridae (which they may also include the otherwise noasaurid subfamily Elaphrosaurinae),[1] others classifying them as megaraptorans,[2]<ref name="Samathietal2019">{{Cite journal |last1=Samathi |first1=A. |last2=Chanthasit |first2=P. |last3=Martin Sander |first3=P. |date=May 2019 |title=Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chiarenza, Alfio Alessandro; Cau, Andrea (2016). "A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa". PeerJ 4 (e1754): e1754. doi:10.7717/peerj.1754. PMID 26966675. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Motta, Matías J.; Aranciaga Rolando, Alexis M.; Rozadilla, Sebastián; Agnolín, Federico E.; Chimento, Nicolás R.; Egli, Federico Brissón; Novas, Fernando E. (June 2016). "New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 71: 231–253. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304013683.