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Averostra (disused)

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Averostra Paul
2006Averostra Ezcurra p. 657 fig. 3
2007Averostra Ezcurra and Cuny p. 78 fig. 6
2007Averostra Ezcurra and Novas p. 46 fig. 12
2010Averostra Ezcurra et al.
2012Averostra Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2014Averostra Hendrickx and Mateus
2023Averostra Agnolín et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Neotetanurae
AverostraPaul 2002
AverostraPaul 2002

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.

Unr. Averostra Paul 2002
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Campanian or 182.70000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) Megalosauridae indet. (64086)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Rajasthan) Averostra indet. (229089)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0Niger (Agadès) Averostra indet. (224317)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5China (Shanxi) Allosauridae indet. (71841)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) Averostra indet. (169943)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Argentina (La Rioja) Averostra indet. (175795)