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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53368https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53368
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Spinosauridae : Suchomimus : Suchomimus tenerensis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
-OrionidesCarrano et al. 2012
superfamilyMegalosauroidea
familySpinosauridaeStromer 1915
genusSuchomimusSereno et al. 1998
speciesSuchomimus tenerensisSereno et al. 1998
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Suchomimus tenerensisspeciesbelongs to Suchomimusstated with evidenceSereno et al., 1998
Suchomimus tenerensisspeciesbelongs to Baryonyxstated without evidenceSues et al., 2002
Suchomimus tenerensisspeciesbelongs to Suchomimusstated without evidenceRauhut, 2003
Suchomimus tenerensisspeciesbelongs to Suchomimusstated with evidenceHoltz et al., 2004
Suchomimus tenerensisspeciesbelongs to Baryonyxstated without evidenceCandeiro et al., 2006
Suchomimus tenerensisspeciesbelongs to Suchomimusstated without evidenceBuffetaut, 2007
Suchomimus tenerensisspeciesbelongs to Suchomimusstated with evidenceCarrano et al., 2012
Suchomimus tenerensisspeciesbelongs to Suchomimusstated without evidenceHendrickx and Mateus, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Theropoda)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, and D. B. Dutheil, B. Gado, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, J. D. Marcot, O. W. M. Rauhut, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. D. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, J. A. Wilson. 1998. A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids. Science 282:1298-1302

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1998Suchomimus tenerensis Sereno et al.
2002Baryonyx tenerensis Sues et al. p. 545
2003Suchomimus tenerensis Rauhut p. 35
2004Suchomimus tenerensis Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72
2006Baryonyx tenerensis Candeiro et al. p. 936
2007Suchomimus tenerensis Buffetaut
2007Suchomimus tenerensis Gishlick and Gauthier p. 579
2007Suchomimus tenerensis Li et al. p. 545
YearName and Author
2007Suchomimus tenerensis Sampson and Witmer p. 38
2008Suchomimus tenerensis Canudo et al. p. 660
2008Suchomimus tenerensis Smith et al. p. 2087
2011Suchomimus tenerensis Kellner et al. p. 104
2012Suchomimus tenerensis Carrano et al. pp. 243-244
2012Suchomimus tenerensis Hendrickx and Mateus p. 102
2013Suchomimus tenerensis Bertozzo et al. p. 119
2018Suchomimus tenerensis Hassler et al. p. 2

References

Sereno P. C., Beck A. L., et al (1998) A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids, Science 282, 1298-1302
Rauhut O. W. M. (2003) The interrelationships and evolution of basal theropod dinosaurs, Special Papers in Palaeontology 69, 1-213
Holtz, Jr. T. R., Molnar R. E., et al (2004) Basal Tetanurae, The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 71-110
Candeiro C. R. A., Martinelli A. G., et al (2006) Tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian–Maastrichtian) Bauru Group of Brazil: a reappraisal, Cretaceous Research 27, 923-946
Buffetaut E. (2007) The spinosaurid dinosaur Baryonyx (Saurischia, Theropoda) in the Early Cretaceous of Portugal, Geological Magazine doi:10.1017/S0016756807003883
Gishlick A. D., Gauthier J. A. (2007) On the manual morphology of Compsognathus longipes and its bearing on the diagnosis of Compsognathidae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149, 569-581
Li D., Peng C., et al (2007) A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China, Acta Geologica Sinica 81 4, 539-549
Canudo J. I., Gasulla J. M., et al (2008) Primer evidencia de dientes aislados atribuidos a Spinosauridae (Theropoda) en al Aptiano inferior (Cretácico Inferior) de Europa: Formación Arcillas se Morella (España) [First evidence of isolated teeth attributed to Spinosauridae (Theropoda) in the lower Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) of Europe: Arcillas Formation of Morella (Spain)], Ameghiniana 45 4, 649-662
Kellner A. W. A., Azevedo S. A. K., et al (2011) A new dinosaur (Theropoda, Spinosauridae) from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Alcântara Formation, Cajual Island, Brazil, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83 1, 99-108
Carrano M. T., Benson R. B. J., et al (2012) The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 2, 211-300 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927
Hassler A., Martin J. E., et al (2018) Calcium isotopes offer clues on resource partitioning among Cretaceous predatory dinosaurs, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 876, 20180197:1-8 doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.0197
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