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Condorraptor currumili

Reptilia - Piatnitzkysauridae

Taxonomy
Condorraptor currumili was named by Rauhut (2005). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 1672. Its type locality is Las Chacritas, Cerro Cóndor, which is in a Toarcian/Bajocian lacustrine claystone in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Condorraptor currumili Rauhut pp. 89-90 figs. 2-14
2007Condorraptor currumili Rauhut p. 482
2008Condorraptor currumili Escapa et al. p. 621
2012Condorraptor currumili Carrano et al. p. 228
2013Condorraptor currumili Hanson and Makovicky p. 780

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familyPiatnitzkysauridae
genusCondorraptor
speciescurrumili

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Condorraptor currumili Rauhut 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012Megalosauroid theropod with: (1) pleurocoel in anterior cervical vertebrae located immediately posterodorsal to parapophysis; (2) shallow depression on lateral surface of tibia at base of cnemial crest; and (3) metatarsal IV with distinct step dorsally between shaft and distal articular facet (all from Rauhut 2005a).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 180.40000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian180.4 - 168.6Argentina (Chubut) Condorraptor currumili (type locality: 46550)