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Rahonavis ostromi

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Rahona ostromi was named by Forster et al. (1998). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 8656, a partial skeleton (largely complete postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD93-18 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

It was recombined as Rahonavis ostromi by Forster et al. (1998), Norell and Makovicky (1999), Burnham et al. (2000), Chiappe (2002), Senter et al. (2004), Padian (2004), Turner et al. (2007), Longrich and Currie (2009), Bever and Norell (2009), Turner et al. (2011), Prieto-Marquez et al. (2012), Candeiro et al. (2012), Parsons and Parsons (2015) and Gianechini et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Rahonavis ostromi Forster et al. p. 185
1998Rahona ostromi Forster et al. pp. 1918-1919 figs. 1-4
1999Rahonavis ostromi Norell and Makovicky p. 35
2000Rahonavis ostromi Burnham et al. p. 8
2002Rahonavis ostromi Chiappe p. 455
2004Rahonavis ostromi Padian p. 211
2004Rahonavis ostromi Senter et al. p. 3
2007Rahonavis ostromi Turner et al. p. 9
2008Rahonavis ostromii Novas et al.
2009Rahonavis ostromi Bever and Norell p. 5
2009Rahonavis ostromi Longrich and Currie p. supplementary
2011Rahonavis ostromi Turner et al. p. 25
2012Rahonavis ostromi Candeiro et al. p. 225
2012Rahonavis ostromi Prieto-Marquez et al. p. 122
2015Rahonavis ostromi Parsons and Parsons p. 3
2017Rahonavis ostromi Gianechini et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
subfamilyUnenlagiinae
genusRahonavis
speciesostromi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rahonavis ostromi Forster et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Rahona ostromi, Rahonavis ostromi (type locality: 25074)