Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Neotheropoda
Averostra
Tetanurae
Orionides
Avetheropoda
Coelurosauria
Tyrannoraptora
Tyrannosauroidea
Proceratosauridae
Pronunciation: pro-suh-rat-o-sor-ruh-day
Author: Rauhut et al.
Year: 2010
Meaning: Proceratosaurus family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Rauhut et al.
Year: 2010
Meaning: Proceratosaurus family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Rauhut et al. 2010]Definition
All theropods closer to Proceratosaurus than to Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus, Compsognathus, Coelurus, Ornithomimus, or Deinonychus.
About
Click here For DinoChecker's A-Z of proceratosaurids.
Etymology
Proceratosauridae is derived from the Greek "pro-" (before), "keras" (horn) and "sauros" (lizard), and the Latin "idae" (family), named for group anchor, Proceratosaurus.
Relationships
References
• Woodward AS (1910) "On a skull of Megalosaurus from the Great Oolite of Minchinhampton (Gloucestershire)". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 66: 111–115. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1910.066.01-04.0
• Brusatte SL, Norell MA, Carr TD, Erickson GM, Hutchinson JR, Balanoff AM, Bever GS, Choiniere JN, Makovicky PJ and Xu X (2010) "Tyrannosaur paleobiology: new research on ancient exemplar organisms". Science 329(5998): 1481-5.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1193304
• Loewen MA, Irmis RB, Sertich JJW, Currie PJ and Sampson SD (2013) "Tyrant Dinosaur Evolution Tracks the Rise and Fall of Late Cretaceous Oceans". PLoS ONE. 8(11): e79420. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079420
• Rauhut OWM, Milner AC and Moore-Fay S (2010) "Cranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the theropod dinosaur Proceratosaurus bradleyi (Woodward, 1910) from the Middle Jurassic of England". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 158: 155-195. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00591.x
