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Mionetta turgaiensis

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Mionetta turgaiensis was named by Zelenkov (2024). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chelkar-Tengiz, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large horizon in the Chelkarnura Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Mionetta turgaiensis Zelenkov p. 9 figs. Fig. 3F, H, I, P, Q, T, W, Y, Z, AA

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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
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyOxyurinae
genusMionetta
speciesturgaiensis

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.

Mionetta turgaiensis Zelenkov 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Zelenkov 2024Larger than Mionetta defossa and smaller than M. consorbina. Differs from similarly sized M. blanchardi in: coracoid with shaft narrow at level of facies articularis humeralis, impressio bicipitalis non-prominent ventrally and not forming step with adjacent margin of shaft;
sulcus musculi supracoracoidei very deep and fully undercutting
facies articularis clavicularis; crista acrocoracoidei thin.
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: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Kazakhstan (Kustanai) Mionetta turgaiensis (type locality: 235745)