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Gansuidae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Gansuidae

Taxonomy

Gansuidae was named by Hou and Liu (1984).

It was assigned to Gansuiformes by Hou and Liu (1984), Hou (1997); and to Ornithuromorpha by Liu et al. (2014).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1984	Gansuidae Hou and Liu p. 1299
1997	Gansuidae Hou p. 103
2014	Gansuidae Liu et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
—	Gansuiformes
family	Gansuidae
family	Gansuidae

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.

Fm. †Gansuidae Hou and Liu 1984

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
L. Hou and Z. Liu 1984	A smaller Cretaceous shorebird. Claws are only slightly curved, with flexor tubercles. Phalanges are slender and have attachment channel for M. flexor tendons digitorum longus along each side. Digit IV is the longest. Tarsometatarsus is shorter than digits III and IV and laterally compressed, and is not fused completely in posterior view, and distal foramen large and prominent. Trochlea IV is shorter than trochlea III. Trochlea II is broad and in higher position. Calcaneal ridges and tendinal canals are not developed. Tibiotarsus is not supratendinal, highly compressed internal, and intercondylar fossa is deep. Internal condyle is slightly shorter than external condyle; internal condyle is extremely mediolaterally compressed.

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, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Collections

No collection or age range data are available