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Alexornis antecedens
Taxonomy
Alexornis antecedens was named by Brodkorb (1976). Its type specimen is LACM 33213, a limb element (distal 10 mm of right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is southwest of El Rosario, which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the La Bocana Roja Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Alexornis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Alexornis antecedens Brodkorb p. 68 |
| 1982 | Alexornis antecedens Morris pp. 487-488 |
| 1991 | Alexornis antecedens Chiappe |
| 1994 | Alexornis antecedens Chiappe and Calvo p. 236 |
| 2014 | Alexornis antecedens Rivera-Sylva and Carpenter p. 151 |
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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.
†Alexornis antecedens Brodkorb 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||