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Caudipteryx dongi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Caudipteryx dongi was named by Zhou and Wang (2000). Its type specimen is IVPP V.12344, a partial skeleton (incomplete individual with nearly complete forelimbs, hindlimbs, pelves and feather impressions), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Zhangjiagou, Sihetun (IVPP), which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-11-01; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Caudipteryx dongi Zhou and Wang pp. 111, 114 figs. 1-3, Pl. 1-5
2003Caudipteryx dongi Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 295
2004Caudipteryx dongi Osmólska et al. p. 166
2008Caudipteryx dongi Cerda p. 351
2009Caudipteryx dongi Xing et al. p. 710
2012Caudipteryx dongi Xing et al. p. 503
2014Caudipteryx dongi Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6
2017Caudipteryx dongi Tsuihiji et al. p. 10

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

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.

Caudipteryx dongi Zhou and Wang 2000
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Diagnosis
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