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The only species currently recognized is Dinopithecus ingens, as D. quadratirostris has been reassigned to the genus Soromandrillus. [4] It is known from several infilled cave sites in South Africa , all of early Pleistocene age, including Skurweberg, Swartkrans (Member 1), and Sterkfontein (Member 4 or 5, but probably member 4).
Bahariasaurus is a dubious, enigmatic genus of large theropod dinosaur.The genus is known to have included at least 1 species, Bahariasaurus ingens (meaning "huge Bahariya lizard"), which was found in North African rock layers dating to the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous.
The holotype of G. ingens, NMB BM 1, 10, 24, 53, 530-1, 1521, 1572-74, 1576-78, 1582, 1584-85, 1591, consists of postcranial remains discovered in the Late Triassic (late Norian-Rhaetian) Trossingen Formation or Knollenmergel Formation of northern Switzerland around 1840 by Amanz Gressly, [2] with more of the holotype being found between 1915 and 1942 by an unknown collector. [3]
Bahariasauridae is a potential family of averostran theropods that might include a handful of African and South American genera, such as Aoniraptor, Bahariasaurus, Deltadromeus, and Gualicho.
Torvosaurus (/ ˌ t ɔːr v oʊ ˈ s ɔːr ə s /) is a genus of large megalosaurine theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 165 to 148 million years ago during the Callovian to Tithonian ages of the late Middle and Late Jurassic period in what is now Colorado, Portugal, Germany, and possibly England, Spain, Tanzania, and Uruguay.
Pteranodon (/ t ə ˈ r æ n ə d ɒ n /; from Ancient Greek: πτερόν, romanized: pteron ' wing ' and ἀνόδων, anodon ' toothless ') [2] [better source needed] is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with P. longiceps having a wingspan of over 6 m (20 ft).
Pleuroseta ingens is named after the Latin word ingens, meaning “huge” or “enormous,” researchers said. The species’ name refers to the “greatly enlarged male genitalia and the very ...
It was probably neither of these things, though, and is much more likely to be a dubious non-dinosaur. [ 6 ] Basutodon is currently listed as a basal member of Suchia , [ 3 ] although Tolchard et al. (2019) suggested that Basutodon may belong to Rauisuchia .