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Ambiortus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ambiortus was named by Kurochkin (1982). It is not extant. Its type is Ambiortus dementjevi. It is the type genus of Ambiortidae.

It was assigned to Ambiortidae by Carroll (1988) and Kurochkin (2000); to Ornithurae by Sereno and Rao (1992), Chiappe (2002), Hope (2002) and Padian (2004); and to Ornithuromorpha by O'Connor and Zelenkov (2013), O'Connor et al. (2014) and Wang et al. (2014).

Species
A. dementjevi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Ambiortus Kurochkin
1988Ambiortus Carroll
1992Ambiortus Sereno and Rao p. 847
2000Ambiortus Kurochkin p. 549
2002Ambiortus Chiappe p. 451 fig. 20.1
2002Ambiortus Hope p. 350
2004Ambiortus Padian p. 212
2013Ambiortus O'Connor and Zelenkov
2014Ambiortus O'Connor et al.
2014Ambiortus Wang et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
genusAmbiortusKurochkin 1982

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.

G. †Ambiortus Kurochkin 1982
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†Ambiortus dementjevi Kurochkin 1982
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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.90000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Mongolia (Bayankhongor) A. dementjevi (85287)