Nuthetes
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Portions of the holotype mandible and close up of a tooth | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Clade: | †Eudromaeosauria |
Subfamily: | †Velociraptorinae |
Genus: | †Nuthetes Owen, 1854 |
Species: | †N. destructor
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Binomial name | |
†Nuthetes destructor Owen, 1854
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Synonyms | |
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Nuthetes is the name given to a
Discovery and naming
The
The genus Nuthetes contains one species (the type species), Nuthetes destructor. N. destructor was named and described by Richard Owen in 1854.[6] The generic name Nuthetes is derived from the Koine Greek nouthetes, a contraction of νουθέτητης (nouthetetes) meaning "one who admonishes" or "a monitor," in reference to the similarity of Nuthetes teeth to those of a modern monitor lizard.[7] The specific name is Latin for "destroyer", a reference to "the adaptations of the teeth for piercing, cutting, and lacerating the prey" of a form he estimated to be equal in size to the present Bengal monitor.[8]
Classification
Nuthetes was originally classified by Owen as a
According to Milner, Nuthetes can be diagnosed for having a tooth denticle size difference index ranging from 1-14 to 1-55.[13]
See also
References
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- ^ Pouech, J.; Mazin, J. M.; Billon-Bruyat, J. P. (2006). "Microvertebrate biodiversity from Cherves-De-Cognac (Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian: Charente, France)". Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems: 96–100.
- ^ Bonde, N. (2012). "Danish Dinosaurs: A Review". In Godefroit, P. (ed.). Bernissart Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press. pp. 435–449.
- ^ Ronan Allain, Romain Vullo, Lee Rozada, Jérémy Anquetin, Renaud Bourgeais, et al.. Vertebrate paleobiodiversity of the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Angeac-Charente Lagerstätte (southwestern France): implications for continental faunal turnover at the J/K boundary. Geodiversitas, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris, In press. ffhal-03264773f
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- ISBN 978-0-7864-1166-5.
- ^ Owen, R. (1873). "Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations". The Palaeontographical Society. supp. 5: 31–39.
- ^ Owen, R. (1878). "Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations". The Palaeontographical Society. supp. 8: 1–19.
- ^ Milner, A. C. (2002). "Theropod dinosaurs of the Purbeck Limestone Group, southern England". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 68: 191–201.
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- ^ Milner, A. C. (2002). "Theropod dinosaurs of the Purbeck Limestone Group, southern England". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 68: 191–201.
External links
- Extensive description from the Milner paper, on the Dinosaur Mailing List.