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Anteavis crurilongus
Taxonomy
Anteavis crurilongus was named by Martínez et al. (2025). Its type specimen is PVSJ 1085, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton of a single individual, including cranial and postcranial remains), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hoyada de Ischigualasto, Ischigualasto Provincial Park, which is in a Carnian fluvial sandstone/siltstone in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Anteavis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Anteavis crurilongus Martínez et al. p. 2 fig. 1 |
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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.
†Anteavis crurilongus Martínez et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. N. Martínez et al. 2025 | A small theropod distinguished from other early dinosaurs based on a unique combination of apomorphies (Supplementary Section 4), including at least the following eight autapomorphies: dorsal maxillary process expanded anteroposteriorly, with concave anterior and posterior margins; large coracoid foramen situated between scapula and coracoid, drilling the scapula medially; humerus with deep foramen on the proximal surface of the medial tuberosity; puboischiadic plate with two, similarly sized openings in the pubis; femoral head with blunt anterolateral tuberosity in proximal view and pronounced ovoid tuberosity on the anterolateral surface; and distal end of the tibia with coarse, rounded tuberosities on the medial and posterior surfaces. |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||