Irritator

Irritator challengeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Megalosauroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Superfamilia: †Megalosauroidea

Familia: †Spinosauridae
Subfamilia: †Spinosaurinae
Genus: †Irritator
Species: †I. challengeri

Name

Irritator Martill, Cruickshank, Frey, Small & Clarke, 1996

Type species: Irritator challengeri Martill, Cruickshank, Frey, Small & Clarke, 1996

Etymology: from irritation, the feeling the authors felt when discovering that the snout had been artificially elongated [Martill et al., 1996: page 5]

Synonyms

?Angaturama Kellner & Campos, 1996

References

Primary references

Martill, D.M., Cruickshank, A.R.I., Frey, E., Small, P.G. & Clarke, M. 1996. A new crested maniraptoran dinosaur from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil. Journal of the Geological Society 153(1): 5–8. DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.1.0005 Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Additional references

Carrano, M.T., Benson, R.B.J. & Sampson, S.D. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2): 211–300. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.630927 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Irritator – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

日本語: イリタトル
한국어: 이리타토르
українська: Іритатор

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