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Huaxiagnathus orientalis

Osteichthyes - Compsognathidae

Taxonomy
Huaxiagnathus orientalis was named by Hwang et al. (2004). Its type specimen is CAGS-IG02-301, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dabangou village, Sihetun, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial claystone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Huaxiagnathus orientalis Hwang et al. p. 14 figs. 1-11
2006Huaxiagnathus orientalis Peyer p. 880
2007Huaxiagnathus orientalis Gishlick and Gauthier p. 578
2007Huaxiagnathus orientalis Turner et al. p. 27
2009Huaxiagnathus orientalis Xing et al. p. 710
2010Huaxiagnathus orientalis Chiappe and Göhlich p. 268 fig. 9
2012Huaxiagnathus orientalis Xing et al. p. 503
2013Huaxiagnathus orientales Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 138
2016Huaxiagnathus orientalis Hu et al. p. 191

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
familyCompsognathidae
genusHuaxiagnathus
speciesorientalis

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.

†Huaxiagnathus orientalis Hwang et al. 2004
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 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) Huaxiagnathus orientalis (type locality: 55425)