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Protoazin parisiensis

Reptilia - Opisthocomiformes - Opisthocomidae

Taxonomy
Protoazin parisiensis was named by Mayr and De Pietri (2014) [Slightly larger than the extant O. hoazin, characterised by a mediolaterally wide coracoid shaft, which is here considered autapomorphic; further differs from Namibiavis in the presence of a pneumatic opening below the scapular cotyla of the coracoid and from Hoazinavis and Opisthocomus in the much shorter acromion of the scapula.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMB PG.70, a set of postcrania (partial left coracoid, extremitas cranialis of left scapula, and distal portion of pedal phalanx). Its type locality is Romainville, marnes blanches supragypseuses, MP20, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Protoazin parisiensis Mayr and De Pietri

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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
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderCuculimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderOpisthocomiformesL'Herminier 1837
familyOpisthocomidaeSwainson 1837
genusProtoazin
speciesparisiensis

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.

Protoazin parisiensis Mayr and De Pietri 2014
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: folivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:10:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:10:47
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Terborgh et al. 1990

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France) Protoazin parisiensis (type locality: 209402)