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Asiahesperornis bazhanovi

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy
Asiahesperornis bazhanovi was named by Nessov and Prizemlin (1991). Its type specimen is IZASK 5/287/86a, a set of limb elements, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Priozernyi Quarry, Kushmurun, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Zhuravlevskaya Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Asiahesperornis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Asiahesperornis bazhanovi Nessov and Prizemlin pp. 102-103 figs. Pl. 1-2
2000Asiahesperornis bazhanovi Kurochkin p. 546
2006Asiahesperornis bazhanovi Dyke et al. p. 948

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
orderHesperornithiformesFürbringer 1888
—Hesperornithidae()
genusAsiahesperornis
speciesbazhanovi

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.

†Asiahesperornis bazhanovi Nessov and Prizemlin 1991
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:36
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Kazakhstan (Qostanay) Asiahesperornis bazhanovi (type locality: 59383)