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Asiamericana asiatica

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Asiamericana asiatica was named by Nessov (1995). Its type specimen is CCMGE 460/12457, a set of teeth, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is CBI-14, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

It was recombined as Richardoestesia asiatica by Delete (1995), Sues and Averianov (2013), Sues and Averianov (2015), Tanaka et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Richardoestesia asiatica Delete p. 45 fig. 9
1995Asiamericana asiatica Nessov p. 45 figs. Pl. 2:9
1997Asiamericana asiatica Ryan p. 443
2000Asiamericana asiatica Currie p. 449
2008Asiamericana asiatica Buffetaut et al. p. 747
2013Richardoestesia asiatica Sues and Averianov p. 310
2015Richardoestesia asiatica Sues and Averianov p. 50
2021Richardoestesia asiatica Tanaka et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
genusAsiamericana
speciesasiatica

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.

†Asiamericana asiatica Nessov 1995
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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
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Asiamericana asiatica (type locality: 58168)