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Allkaruen koi

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Allkaruen koi was named by Codorniú et al. (2016) [Small pterosaur diagnosed by the following unique combination of skull characters present in the holotype (autapomorphies marked with asterisk): frontal with large pneumatic foramen on the postorbital process; dorsal occiput faces posterodorsally and occipital condyle faces posteroventrally; long, rod-like basipterygoid processes diverging at approximately 20–25 degrees. The referred mandibular and vertebral materials also show a unique combination of characters that include a long lower jaw with a concave profile in lateral view; four-five large, septated, and well-separated anterior alveoli followed by a posterior alveolar groove*; mid-cervical vertebrae elongate with low neural arch and blade-like neural spine; pneumatic foramina on lateral surface of the centrum and peduncle of the neural arch; reduced diapophyseal process lacking articular surface; absence of accessory zygapophyseal processes.]. Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 3613, MPEF-PV 3609, MPEF-PV 3615, a partial skeleton (Braincase, mandible, cervical vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Lluvia, Canadón Carrizal, which is in a Toarcian/Bajocian lacustrine - small limestone in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Allkaruen koi Codorniú et al. figs. 1-4, 6

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
Macronychoptera
NovialoideaKellner 2003
Breviquartossa
genusAllkaruen
specieskoi

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.

Allkaruen koi Codorniú et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 180.40000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian180.4 - 168.6Argentina (Chubut) Allkaruen koi (type locality: 188879)