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Jeholornis curvipes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Jeholornis curvipes was named by Lefevre et al. (2014). Its type specimen is YFGP-yb2, a skeleton (Aan almost completely articulated skeleton including a partial caudal series), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yizhou Fossil and Geology Park, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Jeholornis curvipes Lefevre et al. p. 791 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
genusJeholornis
speciescurvipes

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.

Jeholornis curvipes Lefevre et al. 2014
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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: 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, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Jeholornis curvipes (type locality: 163269)