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Bahariasauridae

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Bahariasauridae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 96–91 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Averostra
Family: Bahariasauridae
von Huene, 1948
Type genus
Bahariasaurus
Stromer, 1934
Subclades

Bahariasauridae is a problematic potential family of theropod dinosaurs that might include a handful of African and South American genera, such as Aoniraptor, Bahariasaurus, Deltadromeus, and Gualicho.[1][2]

Classification

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The placement of the theropods mentioned above is controversial, with some studies placing them as basal ceratosaurs possibly related to Noasauridae, others classifying them as megaraptorans,[2][3] basal neovenatorids,[4] or basal coelurosaurs.[5][6]

The family is likely polyphyletic (an unnatural group), with Bahariasaurus in Abelisauroidea, Deltadromeus either as a synonym of Bahariasaurus or as a valid sister taxon to Ornithomimosauria with Gualicho,[7][8] and Aoniraptor as a likely megaraptorid.[9]

References

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  1. Chiarenza, Alfio Alessandro; Cau, Andrea (2016). "A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa". PeerJ. 4 e1754. doi:10.7717/peerj.1754. PMC 4782726. PMID 26966675.
  2. 1 2 Motta, Matías J.; Aranciaga Rolando, Alexis M.; Rozadilla, Sebastián; Agnolín, Federico E.; Chimento, Nicolás R.; Egli, Federico Brissón; Novas, Fernando E. (June 2016). "New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 71: 231–253 via ResearchGate.
  3. Samathi, A.; Chanthasit, P.; Martin Sander, P. (May 2019). "Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00540.2018.
  4. Apesteguía S, Smith ND, Juárez Valieri R, Makovicky PJ (2016). "An Unusual New Theropod with a Didactyl Manus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina". PLOS ONE. 11 (7) e0157793. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1157793A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157793. PMC 4943716. PMID 27410683.
  5. Juan D. Porfiri; Rubén D. Juárez Valieri; Domenica D.D. Santos; Matthew C. Lamanna (2018). "A new megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northwestern Patagonia". Cretaceous Research. 89: 302–319. Bibcode:2018CrRes..89..302P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.014. S2CID 134117648.
  6. Delcourt, R.; Grillo, O. N. (2018). "Tyrannosauroids from the Southern Hemisphere: Implications for biogeography, evolution, and taxonomy". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 511: 379–387. Bibcode:2018PPP...511..379D. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.09.003. S2CID 133830150.
  7. Cau, Andrea; Paterna, Alessandro (2025-05-05). "Beyond the Stromer's Riddle: the impact of lumping and splitting hypotheses on the systematics of the giant predatory dinosaurs from northern Africa". Italian Journal of Geosciences. 144 (2025) f.2 (2): 162–185. doi:10.3301/IJG.2025.10. ISSN 2038-1719.
  8. Delcourt, Rafael; Grillo, Orlando Nelson; Hendrickx, Christophe; Kellermann, Maximilian; Langer, Max Cardoso (2025-11-18). "The coelurosaur theropods of the Romualdo formation, early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Brazil: Santanaraptor placidus meets Mirischia asymmetrica". The Anatomical Record ar.70085. doi:10.1002/ar.70085. ISSN 1932-8486. PMID 41251549.
  9. Ibiricu, Lucio M.; Lamanna, Matthew C.; Alvarez, Bruno N.; Cerda, Ignacio A.; Caglianone, Julieta L.; Cardozo, Noelia V.; Luna, Marcelo; Martínez, Rubén D. (2025-09-23). "Latest Cretaceous megaraptorid theropod dinosaur sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology". Nature Communications. 16 (1): 8298. Bibcode:2025NatCo..16.8298I. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63793-5. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 12457595. PMID 40987777.