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Mangystania humilicristata

Osteichthyes - Suliformes

Taxonomy
Mangystania humilicristata was named by Zvonok et al. (2016). Its type specimen is PIN 2612/2, a limb element (proximal fragment of the left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kuyulus, which is in a Bartonian coastal horizon in the Shorym Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Mangystania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Mangystania humilicristata Zvonok et al. p. 1 figs. Figs. 2A–E, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
genusMangystania
specieshumilicristata

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.

†Mangystania humilicristata Zvonok et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. A. Zvonok et al. 2016The new taxon can be distinguished by the following characters: (1) crista deltopectoralis low and short; (2) crista delto- pectoralis abruptly ending distally (not smoothly continuous with shaft), i.e., apex of crest strongly shifted distally; (3) proximal part of dorsal surface of crista deltopectoralis pneumatized; (4) tuberculum dorsale facing proximodorsally; (5) proximocaudal margin of fossa pneumotricipitalis forms acute angle; (6) proximal part of intumes- centia humeri forms well-developed shelf overhanging sulcus trans- versus; (7) scar of m. latissimus dorsi positioned close to both tuberculum dorsale and dorsal margin of crista deltopectoralis; and (8) crista bicipitalis pneumatized.
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, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Kazakhstan Mangystania humilicristata (type locality: 113116)