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Largirostrornis
Taxonomy
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Largirostrornis Hou p. 89 |
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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.
G. †Largirostrornis Hou 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. H. Hou 1997 | Skull is elongated with a large extended rostrum, cranium is shorter than rostrum, nasals are elongated, frontals are expanded, parietal posterior margin is rounded, and maxilla bears six acute posteriorly recurved teeth. Vertebrae are amphicoelous with particularly high neural spines and sacrum is basically fused. Sternum lateral processes are extremely elongated with expanded termini, furcula is short and robust, coracoid is relatively elongated with an arched articular surface for the sternum. Humerus has a capital groove and a sinuous shaft, carpometacarpus is basically fused, and a curved manus unguals are still present. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004 | |||||