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Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis

Reptilia - Dromaeopodidae

Taxonomy
Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis was named by Xing et al. (2013). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is GSLTZP−S2−TE4L, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Yanguoxia, main site (sites 1 & 2), LDNG, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - small sandstone in the 6 Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Lockley et al.
2013Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Xing et al. p. 724 fig. 2–5
2013Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Xing et al. p. 119
2015Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Xing et al. p. 29
2016Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Lockley et al. p. 192
2016Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Xing et al. p. 85
2017Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Wang et al. p. 87
2018Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Kim et al. p. 6
2018Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Xing et al. p. 11

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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
familyDromaeopodidae
genusDromaeosauripus
speciesyongjingensis

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.

†Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis Xing et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Xing et al. 2013Medium−sized (~14.8 cm long and ~6.4 cm wide), didactyl theropod tracks. Digital pad impressions well−developed and with a formula of x−1−3−4−x; sharp claw impressions absent; proximal portion of digit II contacts the anterior margin of a large, rounded metatarsophalangeal pad; mean divarication angle between digits III and IV is 19°; step lengths range from 35.7–37.5 cm and pace angulations from 143–180°.
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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 129.40000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0China (Gansu) Dromaeosauridae indet. (type locality: 59255)