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Heyuannia huangi

Osteichthyes - Oviraptoridae

Taxonomy
Heyuannia huangi was named by Lü (2003). Its type specimen is HYMV1-1, a set of postcrania, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Huangsha Quarry, Heyuan, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Dongyuan Formation of China. It is the type species of Heyuannia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Heyuannia huangi Lü p. 871 figs. 1-4
2004Heyuannia huangi Lü et al. p. 109 fig. 8
2004Heyuannia huangi Osmólska et al. p. 167
2005Heyuannia huangi Lü pp. 100-101
2005Heyuannia huangi Lü and Zhang p. 417
2008Heyuannia huangi Cheng et al. p. 1094
2010Heyuannia huangi Longrich et al. p. 953 fig. 7
2010Heyuannia huangi Xu and Han p. 12
2012Heyuannia huangi Fanti et al. p. 10
2014Heyuannia huangi Delcourt and Grillo p. 312
2014Heyuannia huangi Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6
2015Heyuannia huangi Funston et al. p. 186
2016Heyuannia huangi Wang et al. p. 2
2017Heyuannia huangi Wiemann et al. p. 6
2018Heyuannia huangi Norell et al. p. 10
2019Heyuannia huangi Simon et al. p. 2
2019Heyuannia huangi Yun p. 295
2020Heyuannia huangi Funston p. 136 fig. 20
2020Heyuannia huangi Funston et al. p. 10

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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
infraorderOviraptorosauria
familyOviraptoridae
subfamilyHeyuanninae
genusHeyuannia
specieshuangi

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.

†Heyuannia huangi Lü 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Lü 2005Quadratojugal articular surface of the quadrate groove-like; quadrate diverticulum enters the quadrate anterolaterally; metacarpal I wraps metacarpal II proximally; pneumatic foramina present on the neural arches and ribs of cervical vertebrae; angle of the fused scapula and coracoid approximately 145°; ratio of coracoid length to the scapular length approximately 0.35; pubis as long as ischium; ratio of femur length to tibia length 0.8.
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 22:07:56
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order
References: Averianov and Yarkov 2004, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Oviraptorosauria indet. (type locality: 55192)