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Ambiortus dementjevi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ambiortus dementjevi was named by Kurochkin (1982). Its type specimen is PIN 3790-271 and PIN 3790-282, a partial skeleton (portion of articulated left shoulder girdle, left forelimb, and cervical and thoracic vertebrae with feather imprints), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Khurilt Ulaan Bulag, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian terrestrial shale in the Andaikhudag Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Ambiortus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Ambiortus dementjevi Kurochkin
2000Ambiortus dementjevi Kurochkin p. 549
2002Ambiortus dementjevi Chiappe p. 452
2013Ambiortus dementjevi O'Connor and Zelenkov

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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
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
genusAmbiortusKurochkin 1982
speciesdementjeviKurochkin 1982

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.

†Ambiortus dementjevi Kurochkin 1982
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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 Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.90000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Ambiortus dementjevi (type locality: 85287)