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Variraptor mechinorum

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Variraptor mechinorum was named by Le Loeuff and Buffetaut (1998). Its type specimen is Méchin Collection and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fox-Amphoux-La Bastide Neuve, which is in a Campanian fluvial claystone in France.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Allain and Pereda Suberbiola (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Variraptor mechinorum Le Loeuff p. 53
1998Variraptor mechinorum Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 106
2001Variraptor mechinorum Laurent et al. p. 660
2004Variraptor mechinorum Senter et al. p. 3
2005Variraptor mechinorum Buffetaut p. 44
2009Variraptor mechinorum Chanthasit and Buffetaut p. 153
2010Variraptor mechinorum Dutour and Tortosa p. 89
2011Variraptor mechinorum Osi and Buffetaut p. 36
2021Variraptor mechinorum Sellés et al. p. 1
2022Variraptor mechinorum Isasmendi et al. p. 22

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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
genusVariraptor
speciesmechinorum

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.

†Variraptor mechinorum Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut 1998The cervico-dorsal vertebrae have a prominent epipophysis and very developed hypapophysis; the cervico-dorsals bear two pleurocoels the cervico-dorsals to the last dorsal bear a hyposphene-hypantrum articulation; the centra shorten from the anterior to the posterior dorsals; the sacrum consists of five coossified sacral vertebrae; the sacrocaudal vertebra has a trapezoidal centrum; the transverse processes of the sacrocaudal are aliform; the humerus has a well-developed deltopectoral crest and internal tubercle and also bears a strongly developed medial tubercle.
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 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Variraptor mechinorum (type locality: 28454)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Dromaeosauridae indet. (28455)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Theropoda indet. (48850)