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Anchiornis huxleyi

Reptilia - Troodontidae

Taxonomy
Anchiornis huxleyi was named by Xu et al. (2009). Its type specimen is IVPP V14378, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Daxishan, Linglongta, which is in a Bathonian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Anchiornis huxleyi Hu et al.
2009Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. p. 640 figs. 1-4
2010Anchiornis huxleyi Lü et al. p. 385
2013Anchiornis huxleyi Poropat and Kear p. 106
2015Anchiornis huxleyi Lindgren et al. p. 2
2017Anchiornis huxleyi van der Reest and Currie p. 920

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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
familyTroodontidae
genusAnchiornis
specieshuxleyi

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.

†Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
X. Xu et al. 2009A small maniraptoran dinosaur with the ventral surface of the coracoid sculptured by numerous small pits and an extremely short ischium (less than one-fourth of the femoral length).
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
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:03:06
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:03:56
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian167.7 - 150.8China (Liaoning) Anchiornis huxleyi (type locality: 92421 106306)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3China (Liaoning) Anchiornis huxleyi (91487)