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Avisauridae
Taxonomy
Avisauridae was named by Brett-Surman and Paul (1985). It is not extant. Its type is Avisaurus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Alexornithidae by Kurochkin (1996); it was reranked as the unranked clade Avisauridae by Cau and Arduini (2008).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Brett-Surman and Paul (1985); to Alexornithiformes by Kurochkin (2000); to Euenantiornithes by Cau and Arduini (2008); and to Enantiornithes by Chiappe and Calvo (1994), Sanz et al. (1995), Varricchio and Chiappe (1995), Atterholt et al. (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Alexornithidae by Kurochkin (1996); it was reranked as the unranked clade Avisauridae by Cau and Arduini (2008).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Brett-Surman and Paul (1985); to Alexornithiformes by Kurochkin (2000); to Euenantiornithes by Cau and Arduini (2008); and to Enantiornithes by Chiappe and Calvo (1994), Sanz et al. (1995), Varricchio and Chiappe (1995), Atterholt et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Avisaurus (type genus), Bauxitornis, Enantiophoenix, Gettyia, Halimornis, Intiornis, Mirarce, Neuquenornis, Soroavisaurus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Avisauridae Brett-Surman and Paul p. 3 |
| 1994 | Avisauridae Chiappe and Calvo p. 232 |
| 1995 | Avisauridae Sanz et al. p. 18 fig. 15 |
| 1995 | Avisauridae Varricchio and Chiappe p. 201 fig. 2 |
| 2000 | Avisauridae Kurochkin p. 540 |
| 2008 | Avisauridae Cau and Arduini |
| 2018 | Avisauridae Atterholt et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Avisauridae Brett-Surman and Paul 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Lebanon (Kesrouâne) | Enantiornithes indet. (60285) | |
| Santonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Neuquenornis volans (47798) | |
| Santonian | Hungary (Veszprém) | Bauxitornis sp., Bauxitornis mindszentyae (48722) | |
| Santonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Enantiornithes indet. (13305) | |
| Campanian | Argentina (Salta) | Intiornis inexpectatus (133219) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Halimornis thompsoni (80890) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Avisaurus sp. (22689) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | Avisaurus sp. (197478) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Salta) | Soroavisaurus australis (13307) | |
| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | Avisaurus archibaldi (14610) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | Avisaurus archibaldi (14515) |