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Dzharaonyx eski

Osteichthyes - Alvarezsauridae

Taxonomy
Dzharaonyx eski was named by Averianov and Sues (2022) [Hypodigm—The holotype and the following specimens: ZIN PH 2616/16, posterior dorsal vertebra; ZIN PH 2441/16, two articulated posterior caudal vertebrae; ZIN PH 2617/16 and 2635/16, posterior caudal vertebrae; ZIN PH 2442/16, incomplete posterior caudal vertebra; ZIN PH 2620/16, incomplete left ulna; ZIN PH 2621/16, incomplete right ulna; ZIN PH 2440/16, right carpometacarpus; ZIN PH 2443/16, left carpometacarpus; ZIN PH 2444/16, 2623/16, and 2624/16, left manual phalanges II-1; ZIN PH 2625/16, right manual phalanx II-1; ZIN PH 2634/16, left manual phalanx II-1 proximal fragment; ZIN PH 2445/16, ungual phalanx of right manual digit II; ZIN PH 2446/16 and 2618/16, incomplete ungual phalanges of manual digit II (side uncertain); ZIN PH 2626/16, proximal fragment of right pubis; ZIN PH 2627/16, proximal fragment of left pubis; ZIN PH 2622/ 16, distal fragment of right metatarsal II; ZIN PH 2628/16, right pedal phalanx III-1; ZIN PH 2631/16 and 2632/16, right pedal phalanges IV-1; ZIN PH 2629/16 and 2630/16, left pedal phalanges IV-1; ZIN PH 2633/16, left(?) pedal ungual phalanx of digit III(?).]. Its type specimen is ZIN PH 2619/16 (right humerus) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dzharakuduk (general), which is in a Turonian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Dzharaonyx eski Averianov and Sues
2023Dzharaonyx eski Kubo et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
infraorderAlvarezsauria
—Alvarezsauroidea()
familyAlvarezsauridae
subfamilyParvicursorinae()
genusDzharaonyx
specieseski

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.

†Dzharaonyx eski Averianov and Sues 2022
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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: 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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Uzbekistan (Navoi) Dzharaonyx eski (type locality: 93204)