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Machairasaurus leptonychus
Taxonomy
Machairasaurus leptonychus was named by Longrich et al. (2010). Its type specimen is IVPP V15979, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SCDP, Bayan Mandahu [non-specific locality data], which is in a Campanian dune sandstone in the Bayan Mandahu Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Machairasaurus leptonychus Longrich et al. p. 947 fig. 205 |
| 2012 | Machairasaurus leptonychus Fanti et al. p. 10 |
| 2014 | Machairasaurus leptonychus Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6 |
| 2018 | Machairasaurus leptonychus Norell et al. p. 16 |
| 2019 | Machairasaurus leptonychus Yun p. 295 |
| 2020 | Machairasaurus leptonychus Funston p. 136 fig. 20 |
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†Machairasaurus leptonychus Longrich et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| N. R. Longrich et al. 2010 | Machairasaurus leptonychus is a small (c. 1.5 m long) oviraptorid. Machairasaurus exhibits a single autapomorphic character: manual unguals I–III elongate and bladelike in lateral view (length of claw approxi- mately 400 per cent the height of the proximal articular surface). |
Measurements
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| References: Averianov and Yarkov 2004, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||