NOTATESSERAERAPTOR
A carnivorous neotheropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Switzerland.
Pronunciation: no-ta-tess-uh-ray-rap-tuh
Meaning: Mosaic-featured plunderer
Author/s: Zahner
et al. (
2019)
Synonyms: Non known
First Discovery: Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Acta Ordinal: #1018
Notatesseraeraptor frickensis
(Mosaic-Featured Plunderer from Frick)Etymology
Notatesseraeraptor is derived from the Latin "nota" (feature), "tesserae" (tiles used to make a mosaic), and "raptor" (plunderer/thief), referring to the "mosaic" of features normally found in dilophosaurids and coelophysoids.
The
species epithet,
frickensis , is derived from "frick" (for the village of Frick) and the Latin "-ensis" (from).
Discovery
The remains of
Notatesseraeraptor were discovered in the Gruhalde Member of the Klettgau Formation at Frick village, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, by Michael Fisher in 2006.
The
holotype includes SMF 06-1 (a partial skeleton consisting of two articulated forelimbs, shoulder and pelvic girdles, thirteen back, four hip and four tail vertebrae, neck, back and hip ribs, tail chevrons, belly ribs) and SMF 09-2 (a partial skull) of a juvenile to subadult individual. Evidence of its last meal—the well-preserved upper jaw of
the rhynchocephalian
Clevosaurus—was identified in the preserved gut contents.
Preparators
Ben Pabst.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Triassic
Stage: Norian
Age range: 209 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Carnivore
Notatesseraeraptor
frickensis
References
• Zahner M and Brinkmann W (2019) "A Triassic averostran-line theropod from Switzerland and the early evolution of dinosaurs".
Nature Ecology & Evolution (2019)
• Hugi JC (2008) "The Axial and Appendicular Morphology of the First Theropod Skeleton (Saurischia, Dinosauria) of Switzerland (Late Triassic; Frick, Canton Aargau)".
Master thesis, University of Zurich: 1-161.
• Unterrassner L (2009) "The Anterior Appendicular Morphology and the Stomach Content of the First Theropod Skeleton (Saurischia, Dinosauria) of Switzerland (Late Triassic; Frick, Canton Aargau)".
Master thesis, University of Zurich: 1-136.
• Zahner M (2014) "Skull Morphology of the First Theropod Skeleton (Saurischia, Dinosauria) from Switzerland (Late Triassic; Frick, Canton Aargau).
Master thesis, University of Zurich, 1-122.
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