Carnosauria

E364194

dinosaur clade theropod clade

Carnosauria is a clade of large, typically bipedal predatory dinosaurs that includes formidable Jurassic and Cretaceous hunters such as Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Carnosauria canonical	3
Allosauroidea	1
Carcharodontosauridae	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dinosaur clade ⓘ theropod clade ⓘ
contains	some of the largest known terrestrial predators ⓘ
definingFeatures	large hindlimbs ⓘ large skull ⓘ powerful jaws ⓘ sharp serrated teeth ⓘ shorter forelimbs than hindlimbs ⓘ three-fingered forelimbs ⓘ
diet	carnivorous ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Coelurosauria ⓘ
etymology	derived from Latin "caro" (flesh) and Greek "sauros" (lizard) ⓘ
firstAppearance	Middle Jurassic ⓘ
fossilRecord	well represented in Cretaceous strata ⓘ well represented in Jurassic strata ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
includesTaxon	Acrocanthosaurus ⓘ Allosaurus ⓘ Carcharodontosauria ⓘ surface form: Carcharodontosaurus Giganotosaurus ⓘ Mapusaurus roseae ⓘ surface form: Mapusaurus Monolophosaurus ⓘ Neovenator ⓘ Neovenator ⓘ surface form: Sinraptor Tyrannotitan ⓘ Yangchuanosaurus ⓘ
lastAppearance	Late Cretaceous ⓘ
lifestyle	predatory ⓘ
memberOf	Dinosauria ⓘ Saurischia ⓘ
namedBy	Harry Govier Seeley ⓘ
notableMember	Allosaurus ⓘ surface form: Allosaurus fragilis Giganotosaurus ⓘ surface form: Giganotosaurus carolinii
parentTaxon	Averostra ⓘ Tetanurae ⓘ Theropoda ⓘ
subtaxon	Allosauridae ⓘ Allosauroidea ⓘ Carcharodontosauria ⓘ surface form: Carcharodontosauridae Metriacanthosauridae ⓘ Neovenatoridae ⓘ
taxonRank	clade ⓘ
temporalRangeEnd	Late Cretaceous ⓘ
temporalRangeStart	Middle Jurassic ⓘ
typicalBodySize	large ⓘ
typicalLocomotion	bipedal ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theropoda → includes → Carnosauria ⓘ

Tetanurae → includesTaxon → Carnosauria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allosauroidea

Allosaurus → theropodClade → Carnosauria ⓘ

Giganotosaurus → family → Carnosauria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carcharodontosauridae