Cristatusaurus | |
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Diagram illustrating possible size and skeletal reconstruction combining several fossil specimens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avetheropoda |
Infraorder: | †Carnosauria |
Family: | †Spinosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Baryonychinae |
Genus: | †Cristatusaurus Taquet and Russell, 1998 |
Species: | †C. lapparenti
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Binomial name | |
Cristatusaurus lapparenti | |
Synonyms | |
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Cristatusaurus was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of West Africa. Its fossils look very similar to the ones from Baryonyx and Suchomimus. [1]