Aratasaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coelurosauria
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria

Genus: †Aratasaurus
Species: †A. museunacionali

Name

Aratasaurus Sayão, Saraiva, Brum, Bantim, Andrade, Cheng, Lima, Silva & Kellner, 2020

Type species: Aratasaurus museunacionali Sayão, Saraiva, Brum, Bantim, Andrade, Cheng, Lima, Silva & Kellner, 2020

Etymology: from Old Tupi 'ara (“birth”) + tatá (“fire”) + Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), in reference to the National Museum of Brazil fire in 2018. [Sayão et al., 2020: page 2]

References

Primary references

Sayão, J.M, Saraiva, A.A.F., Brum, A.S., Bantim, R.A.M., Andrade, R.C.L.P., Cheng, X., Lima, F.J., Silva, H.P. & Kellner, A.W.A. 2020. The first theropod dinosaur (Coelurosauria, Theropoda) from the base of the Romualdo Formation (Albian), Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil. Scientific Reports 10(10892): 1–15. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67822-9 . Reference page.

Links

Aratasaurus – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

Vernacular names

português: Aratassauro