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Shandongornipes muxiai

Reptilia - Shandongornipodidae

Taxonomy
Shandongornipes muxiai was named by Li et al. (2005). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is LRH-DH01, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Houzuoshan Dinosaur Park, which is in a Barremian/Albian lacustrine sandstone/siltstone in the Tianjialou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Shandongornipes muxiai Li et al. p. 1150 fig. 3
2007Shandongornipes muxiai Lockley et al. p. 660
2010Shandongornipes muxiai Xing et al. p. 449
2013Shandongornipes muxiai Lockley et al. p. 13
2016Shandongornipes muxiai Buckley et al. p. 261
2018Shandongornipes muxiai Imai et al. p. 6

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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
classAves
familyShandongornipodidae
genusShandongornipes
speciesmuxiai

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.

†Shandongornipes muxiai Li et al. 2005
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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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Albian or 129.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5China (Shandong) Shandongornipes muxiai (type locality: 75918)