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Richardoestesia gilmorei

Osteichthyes - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Richardoestesia gilmorei was named by Currie et al. (1990). Its type specimen is NMC 343, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2.5 miles south of mouth, Sand Creek (200 ft level), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2004-10-08; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-05-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al.
1998Richardoestesia gilmorei Zinke p. 184
2001Richardoestesia gilmorei Eberth et al. p. 58
2001Richardoestesia gilmorei Peng et al. p. 39
2002Richardoestesia gilmorei Sankey et al. p. 755
2003Richardoestesia gilmorei Williamson et al. p. 110A
2004Richardoestesia gilmorei Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 77
2005Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie p. 6
2009Richardoestesia gilmorei Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca p. 607
2010Richardoestesia gilmorei Torices et al. p. 82
2011Richardoestesia gilmorei Carbot-Chanona and Rivera-Sylva p. 395
2011Richardoestesia gilmorei Gianechini et al. p. 279
2013Richardoestesia gilmorei Sues and Averianov p. 308
2014Richardoestesia gilmorei Williamson and Brusatte p. 14
2015Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie and Koppelhus p. 626
2015Richardoestesia gilmorei Torices et al. p. 618
2016Richardoestesia gilmorei Mallon et al. p. 33
2018Richardoestesia gilmorei Brownstein p. 1125
2018Richardoestesia gilmorei Buckley et al. p. 1227

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
genusRichardoestesia
speciesgilmorei

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.

†Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 152.21000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Lourinha) Richardoestesia gilmorei (154213)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Richardoestesia gilmorei (277786) Richardoestesia gilmorei, Richardoestesia gilmorei (14423 14424 14425 14426 14427 14428 146190 277780)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Utah) Richardoestesia gilmorei (276374)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Richardoestesia gilmorei (14463)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Richardoestesia gilmorei (14488) Richardoestesia sp. (14489)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Chirostenotes pergracilis (type locality: 45684) Richardoestesia gilmorei (22697 34307 34320 45671 45674 45892 45897 45898 89605 152280)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Richardoestesia gilmorei (45561 45564 45565 45566)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Richardoestesia gilmorei (14437)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Richardoestesia gilmorei (45819 45821 45894)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Richardoestesia gilmorei (68001 68003)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Richardoestesia gilmorei (14434 14457) Richardoestesia sp. (14462)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Richardoestesia gilmorei (34744 152271)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Richardoestesia sp. (55363)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Richardoestesia gilmorei (14507 14515 14536 14548 14549 14560 14574 14582)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Richardoestesia gilmorei (85498)