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Xixiasaurus henanensis

Osteichthyes - Troodontidae

Taxonomy
Xixiasaurus henanensis was named by Lü et al. (2010). Its type specimen is HGM 41HIII-0201, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Songgou, Zhangying, which is in a Coniacian/Campanian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Majiacun Formation of China. It is the type species of Xixiasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Xixiasaurus henanensis Lü et al. pp. 381-382 figs. 2-4

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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
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyTroodontidae
genusXixiasaurus
specieshenanensis

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.

†Xixiasaurus henanensis Lü et al. 2010
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:03:06
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:03:56
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.2China (Henan) Xixiasaurus henanensis (type locality: 101070)