Metriacanthosauridae
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Metriacanthosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs known for their moderately tall neural spines and mid-to-late Jurassic to early Cretaceous fossil record, primarily in Asia and Europe.
All labels observed (1)
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| Metriacanthosauridae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15238613 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metriacanthosauridae Context triple: [Carnosauria, subtaxon, Metriacanthosauridae]
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A.
Megalosauroidea
Megalosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs that includes some of the earliest major predatory lineages, such as Megalosaurus and Spinosaurus and their close relatives.
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B.
Carnosauria
Carnosauria is a clade of large, typically bipedal predatory dinosaurs that includes formidable Jurassic and Cretaceous hunters such as Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus.
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C.
Herrerasauria
Herrerasauria is a group of early, primitive predatory dinosaurs from the Late Triassic that are among the oldest known representatives of the theropod lineage.
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D.
Thescelosauridae
Thescelosauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia.
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E.
Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus was a relatively small, short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of East Africa, notable for its distinctive bifurcated neural spines along the neck and back.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metriacanthosauridae Target entity description: Metriacanthosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs known for their moderately tall neural spines and mid-to-late Jurassic to early Cretaceous fossil record, primarily in Asia and Europe.
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A.
Megalosauroidea
Megalosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs that includes some of the earliest major predatory lineages, such as Megalosaurus and Spinosaurus and their close relatives.
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B.
Carnosauria
Carnosauria is a clade of large, typically bipedal predatory dinosaurs that includes formidable Jurassic and Cretaceous hunters such as Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus.
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C.
Herrerasauria
Herrerasauria is a group of early, primitive predatory dinosaurs from the Late Triassic that are among the oldest known representatives of the theropod lineage.
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D.
Thescelosauridae
Thescelosauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia.
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E.
Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus was a relatively small, short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of East Africa, notable for its distinctive bifurcated neural spines along the neck and back.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.