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Fortipesavis prehendens

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Fortipesavis prehendens was named by Clark and O’Connor (2021). Its type specimen is YLSNHM01001, a set of limb elements (external mold of digits II–IV and distalmost portion of left tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Angbamo (Dexu Institute of Palaeontology), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Fortipesavis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Fortipesavis prehendens Clark and O’Connor pp. 15-16 fig. 3A–C

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
subclassEnantiornithes
genusFortipesavis
speciesprehendens

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.

†Fortipesavis prehendens Clark and O’Connor 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. D. Clark and J. K. O’Connor 2021Small bird with the unique combination of the following features: mediolateral width of digit IV greater than digit III, and that of digit III greater than that of digit II, such that the mediolateral width of digit IV is twice that of digit II (autapomorphy); plantar pads of digit IV mediolaterally wider than they are craniocaudally long and located between phalangeal joints; exaggerated plantar pads of digit IV separated by deep clefts; and digit II ungual long, recurved and sharply tapered.
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Fortipesavis prehendens (type locality: 194175)