Embasaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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Vertebra | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Genus: | † Embasaurus Riabinin, 1931 |
Species: | †E. minax |
Binomial name | |
†Embasaurus minax Riabinin, 1931 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Embasaurus (meaning "Emba lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period. It is known from two vertebrae found in the Neocomian Sands of Kazakhstan. [2] [3] As it is known only from fragmentary remains, Embasaurus is considered by some to be a possible nomen dubium . It was named after the Emba River, and it is believed to have lived during the Berriasian stage, around 140 million years ago. According to the Theropod Database, a personal website designed by Mickey Mortimer, further research may suggest that Embasaurus may be a basal tyrannosauroid. [4] George Olshevsky, however, considered Embasaurus to be a megalosaurid, closely related to Magnosaurus , Megalosaurus , and Torvosaurus . [1]
The type species, Embasaurus minax, was described by the Soviet paleontologist Anatoly Riabinin in 1931. [4] [5]
Trachodon is a dubious genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur based on teeth from the Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, U.S. It is a historically important genus with a convoluted taxonomy that has been all but abandoned by modern dinosaur paleontologists.
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