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Irritator
Taxonomy
Irritator was named by Martill et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Irritatoridae by Martill et al. (1996); to Baryonychidae by Rauhut (2003); to Spinosauridae by Kellner (1996), Milner (1997), Sues et al. (2002), Candeiro et al. (2006), Ezcurra (2009), Bittencourt and Langer (2011), Candeiro et al. (2012), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Spinosaurinae by Sereno et al. (1998), Buffetaut and Ouaja (2002), Holtz et al. (2004), Medeiros (2006), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2007), Kellner et al. (2011), Mateus et al. (2011), Carrano et al. (2012), Hendrickx et al. (2016), Arden et al. (2019), Malafaia et al. (2020), Barker et al. (2021), Isasmendi et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Irritatoridae by Martill et al. (1996); to Baryonychidae by Rauhut (2003); to Spinosauridae by Kellner (1996), Milner (1997), Sues et al. (2002), Candeiro et al. (2006), Ezcurra (2009), Bittencourt and Langer (2011), Candeiro et al. (2012), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Spinosaurinae by Sereno et al. (1998), Buffetaut and Ouaja (2002), Holtz et al. (2004), Medeiros (2006), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2007), Kellner et al. (2011), Mateus et al. (2011), Carrano et al. (2012), Hendrickx et al. (2016), Arden et al. (2019), Malafaia et al. (2020), Barker et al. (2021), Isasmendi et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Irritator Kellner p. 616 |
| 1996 | Irritator Martill et al. p. 5 figs. 2-4 |
| 1997 | Irritator Milner p. 699 |
| 1998 | Irritator Sereno et al. p. 1302 |
| 2002 | Irritator Buffetaut and Ouaja p. 419 |
| 2002 | Irritator Sues et al. p. 537 |
| 2003 | Irritator Rauhut p. 34 |
| 2004 | Irritator Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73 |
| 2006 | Irritator Candeiro et al. p. 936 |
| 2006 | Irritator Medeiros p. 335 |
| 2007 | Irritator Naish and Martill p. 502 |
| 2007 | Irritator Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 190 |
| 2009 | Irritator Ezcurra p. 1341 |
| 2011 | Irritator Bittencourt and Langer p. 35 |
| 2011 | Irritator Kellner et al. p. 105 |
| 2011 | Irritator Mateus et al. p. 54 |
| 2012 | Irritator Candeiro et al. p. 223 |
| 2012 | Irritator Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
| 2014 | Irritator Hendrickx and Mateus |
| 2016 | Irritator Hendrickx et al. p. 22 |
| 2019 | Irritator Arden et al. p. 279–280 |
| 2020 | Irritator Malafaia et al. p. 432 |
| 2021 | Irritator Barker et al. p. 8 |
| 2023 | Irritator Isasmendi et al. p. 918 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. M. Martill et al. 1996 | As for the type genus Irritator. |
Measurements
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Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | I. challengeri (28052) |