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Protarchaeopteryx robusta

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Protarchaeopteryx robusta was named by Ji and Ji (1997). Its type specimen is GMV/NGMC 2125, a skeleton (skeleton with feathers), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Sihetun, Yixian Member 3 (general), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine siltstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Protarchaeopteryx robusta Ji and Ji p. 32
1998Protarchaeopteryx robusta Holtz, Jr. p. 41
1998Protarchaeopteryx robusta Ji et al.
1999Protarchaeopteryx robusta Wang et al. p. 2
2002Protarchaeopteryx robusta Yao et al. p. 221
2003Protarchaeopteryx robusta Currie p. 56
2004Protarchaeopteryx robusta Padian p. 214
2004Protarchaeopteryx robusta Senter et al. p. 3
2008Protarchaeopteryx robusta Ji p. 38
2008Protarchaeopteryx robusta Xing et al. p. 1050
2009Protarchaeopteryx robusta Balanoff et al. p. 2
2009Protarchaeopteryx robusta Xing et al. p. 710
2012Protarchaeopteryx robusta Xing et al. p. 503

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
infraorderOviraptorosauria
genusProtarchaeopteryx
speciesrobusta

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.

†Protarchaeopteryx robusta Ji and Ji 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0infrao
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Thickness: intermediateinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Depth habitat: surfaceinfrao
Diet: omnivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-03-06 14:07:56
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:07:56
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order
References: Averianov and Yarkov 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Protarchaeopteryx robusta (type locality: 10764)