Pycnonemosaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Abelisauroidea
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 Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: †Ceratosauria Cladus: †Neoceratosauria Superfamilia: †Abelisauroidea

Familia: †Abelisauridae
Subfamilia: †Carnotaurinae
Clade: †Furileusauria
Genus: †Pycnonemosaurus
Species: †P. nevesi

Pycnonemosaurus Kellner & Campos, 2002

Gender: masculine

Type species: Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Kellner & Campos, 2002

Etymology: Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense”) + νέμω (némō, “to pasture”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”)

Kellner, A.W.A. & Campos, D.A. 2002. On a theropod dinosaur (Abelisauria) from the continental Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro 60(3): 163–170. BHL Reference page.

Filippi, L.S., Méndez, A.H., Juárez-Valieri, R.D. & Garrido, A.C. 2016. A new brachyrostran with hypertrophied axial structures reveals an unexpected radiation of latest Cretaceous abelisaurids. Cretaceous Research 60: 209–219. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.018 Reference page.
Delcourt, R. 2017. Revised morphology of Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Kellner & Campos, 2002 (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) and its phylogenetic relationships. Zootaxa 4276(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.1.1. Reference page.

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