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Quercypsitta

Reptilia - Zygodactylidae

Taxonomy

Quercypsitta was named by Mourer-Chauvire (1992) [Tarsom6tatarse avec face ant6rieure aplatie, section rectangulaire, deux foramens proximaux sub6gaux, foramen proximal interne situ6 plus bas et plus pr6s du bord de la diaphyse que l'exteme, trochl6e externe tr6s courte, n'atteignant pas, ou ~t peine, la base de la trochl6e m6diane, trochl6e externe pr6sentant seulement un d6but de d6doublement ; coraco'/de avec facette scapulaire concave, circulaire, ne se prolongeant pas sur le bord sup6rieur du procoraco~de ; tibiotarse avec partie distale allong6e du c6t6 interne et pont supra-tendineux bien marqu6.].

It was assigned to Quercypsittidae by Mourer-Chauvire (1992); and to Zygodactylidae by Mlikovsky (2002).

Species

Q. ivani, Q. sudrei

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1992	Quercypsitta Mourer-Chauvire
2002	Quercypsitta Mlikovsky p. 145

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Dendrornithes
—	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
—	Picoclamatores
superorder	Passerimorphae	Sibley et al. 1988
family	Zygodactylidae	Brodkorb 1971
genus	Quercypsitta

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. †Quercypsitta Mourer-Chauvire 1992

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†Quercypsitta ivani Mourer-Chauvire 1992

†Quercypsitta sudrei Mourer-Chauvire 1992

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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region)	Q. sudrei, Q. ivani (206820)