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Shenzhouraptor sinensis
Taxonomy
Shenzhouraptor sinensis was named by Ji et al. (2002). Its type specimen is LPM 0193., a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Baicaigou, Toutai, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
It was synonymized subjectively with Jeholornis prima by Li et al. (2010), Zhou and Wang (2010).
It was synonymized subjectively with Jeholornis prima by Li et al. (2010), Zhou and Wang (2010).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Shenzhouraptor sinensis Ji et al. p. 363 figs. 1, Pl.1, 2A-c |
2004 | Shenzhouraptor sinensis Yuan and Ji p. 133A |
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†Shenzhouraptor sinensis Ji et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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Q. Ji et al. 2002 | A relatively small member of the Avialae with a tail possessing slightly more than 23 vertebrae and centra lengths three to four times their height. Forelimb is extremely robust and well developed, being 1.27 times the length of the hind limb. Deltopectoral crest on the humerus is long, phalanx I of digit II is extremely broad, and forelimb feathers are long, distinctly exceeding the combined length of the ulna and metacarpals. |