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Genyodectes
''Genyodectes'' ("jaw bite", from the Greek words ''genys'' ("jaw") and ''dektes'' ("bite")) is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of South America. The holotype material (MLP 26-39, Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina) was collected from the Cañadón Grande, Departamento Paso de Indios in the Chubut Province of Argentina and consists of an incomplete snout, including the premaxillae, portions of both maxillas, the right and left dentary, many teeth, a fragment of the left splenial, and parts of the supradentaries. These elements are generally poorly preserved and some are in articulation. The premaxilla of ''Genyodectes'' possesses relatively large and protruding teeth, similar to those of ''Ceratosaurus''. The specific name, ''serus'', means "late".
==Taxonomy and phylogeny==
The taxon has long been considered a nomen dubium, owing to its fragmentary nature and some doubt as to its precise geographic and stratigraphic origins (see Tykoski et Rowe, 2004, p. 50).〔Tykoski, R.S., and Rowe, T. (2004). Ceratosauria. In: Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., and Osmólska, H. (Eds.). ''The Dinosauria'' (2nd edition). University of California Press:Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.〕 However, a recent redescription of the type material by Rauhut (2004) has shed some light on these questions and seems to establish the taxonomic validity of ''Genyodectes serus'', the only species referred to the genus.〔Rauhut, O.W.M. (2004). Provenance and anatomy of ''Genyodectes serus'', a large-toothed ceratosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Patagonia. ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'' 24(4):894-902.〕 English paleontologist Sir Arthur S. Woodward described ''Genyodectes'' in 1901,〔Woodward A. S. 1901. On some extinct reptiles from Patagonia, of the genera ''Meiolania'', ''Dinilysia'', and ''Genyodectes''. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1901:169-184.〕 and, after ''Loncosaurus'' (Ameghino, 1899; ''nomen dubium''),〔Ameghino, F. (1899). Nota preliminar sobre el ''Loncosaurus argentinus'', un representante de la familia de los Megalosauridae en la Republica Argentina. ''Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina'' 47:61-62.〕 it is the second non-avian dinosaur described from the South American continent, and it remained the most completely known South American theropod until the 1970s. Over the last decade, the holotype has been variously referred to as a megalosaurid, a tyrannosaurid, Theropoda ''incertae sedis'', and a possible abelisaurid (perhaps even a senior synonym of ''Abelisaurus''). However, the recent removal of the holotype from the "artificial matrix" in which it had long been displayed has permitted a reevaluation of the specimen. Rauhut (2004, p. 900) concluded that the specimen lacks important abelisaurid and tyrannosaurid synapomorphies, but found many neoceratosaurian traits.〔 This would seem to imply ''Genyodectes'' was closer to ''Ceratosaurus'' than the more derived abelisaurs (that also descended from animals like ''Ceratosaurus''). Also, by studying historical records and preservation of the bones, Rauhut (2004, p. 894) concluded that the specimen was likely collected from the Cerro Castaño Member of the Cerro Barcino Formation (Aptian-Albian).〔
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