Genusaurus

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Genusaurus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Ceratosauria
Superfamily: Abelisauroidea
Genus: Genusaurus
Species: G. sisterornis
Binomial name
Genusaurus sisterornis
Accarie et al, 1995

Genusaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a ceratosaur possibly related to Carnotaurus. Its fossils were found in France.

The type species, Genusaurus sisteronis, is based on a partial skeleton, and was described by Accarie, Beaudoin, Dejax, Fries, Michard, and Taquet in 1995.

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