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Pyroraptor olympius

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Pyroraptor olympius was named by Allain and Taquet (2000). Its type specimen is MNHN BO001. Its type locality is La Boucharde, which is in a Campanian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Pyroraptor olympius Allain and Taquet p. 404 figs. 1A-E
2004Pyroraptor olympius Senter et al. p. 3
2009Pyroraptor olympius Chanthasit and Buffetaut p. 153
2010Pyroraptor olympius Dutour and Tortosa p. 89
2011Pyroraptor olympius Osi and Buffetaut p. 36
2014Pyroraptor olympius Delcourt and Grillo p. 312
2015Pyroraptor olympius Torices et al. p. 611
2021Pyroraptor olympius Sellés et al. p. 1
2022Pyroraptor olympius Isasmendi et al. p. 2

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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
Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
genusPyroraptor
speciesolympius

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.

Pyroraptor olympius Allain and Taquet 2000
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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: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Castilla y Leon) Pyroraptor olympius (28765)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Pyroraptor olympius (type locality: 48849)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Dromaeosauridae indet. 3 (36727)