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Fukuipteryx prima
Taxonomy
Fukuipteryx prima was named by Imai et al. (2019). Its type specimen is FPDM-V-9769, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry (lower, BB I), which is in an Aptian fluvial sandstone/shale in the Kitadani Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Fukuipteryx.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Fukuipteryx prima Imai et al. p. 2 fig. 1–8 |
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†Fukuipteryx prima Imai et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. Imai et al. 2019 | A pigeon-sized non-ornithothoracine avialan with the following autapomorphies: semicircular depression on the craniodorsal corner of the humeral head, dorsally bowed humeral shaft, and robust pygostyle with incipient spinal processes and paddle-like structure at the distal end. |
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||