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Cratoavis cearensis
Taxonomy
Cratoavis cearensis was named by Carvalho et al. (2015). Its type specimen is UFRJ-DG 031 Av, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton, preserved in two slabs, including skull, nearly complete fore and hindlimbs, vertebral column and pectoral and pelvic girdles.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pedra Branca Quarry (Crato), which is in an Aptian terrestrial lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cratoavis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Cratoavis cearensis Carvalho et al. p. 164 fig. 3,4 |
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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.
†Cratoavis cearensis Carvalho et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Euenantiornithes indet. (type locality: 169901) |