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Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	J.W. Stovall, in G.E. Ray, 1941, nom. ined.
Original name, rank & spelling	:	Ray, G.E. 1941. Nat. Hist. 48: 38 ("the new dinosaur was named Saurophagus maximus."); 36 ("J. W. Stovall").
Source for the authorship	:	Camp, C.L., Welles, S.P. & Green, M. 1953. Geol. Soc. Amer. Mem. (57): 412 ("Stovall in Ray, G. 1941").
Source for the authorship	:	Olshevsky, G. 1991. Mesozoic Meanderings (no. 2): 113 ("Stovall vide Ray, 1941").

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN]				Ref: C.L. Camp et al. 1953. Geol. Soc. Amer. Mem. (57): 412 ("preocc. Swainson 1832").
Unpublished name ([nom.] ined.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 8, 9]				Ref: D.J. Chure, 1995. In A. Sun & Y. Wang (eds.), Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Short Papers: [103] ("popular magazine article"); 9 Nov 2025. [inferred]
Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12 [before 1931], 13 [after 1930], G]				Ref: C.L. Camp et al. 1953. Geol. Soc. Amer. Mem. (57): 412 ("nomen nudum").
Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12 [before 1931], 13 [after 1930], G]				Ref: M.T. Carrano et al. 2012. J. Syst. Palaeont. 10 (2): 240, 241. ("nomen nudum"); Wiki(Saurophaganax, 7 Nov 2025).

Available name

Ref: D.J. Chure, 1995: 105, 106. [new] [implicit]

Senior homonym (unavailable)

Saurophagus (Genus) Swainson, 1831[1832]

Ref: C.L. Camp et al., 1953: 412.

Possibly Accepted name

Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 113 ("may be", "(R. A. Long, pers. comm.)"); PBDB(16 May 2017). [implicit]