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Microraptor gui

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Microraptor gui was named by Xu et al. (2003). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IVPP V.13352. Its type locality is Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Microraptor zhaoianus by Senter et al. (2004) and Senter (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Microraptor gui Xu et al. p. 335 figs. 1-3
2004Microraptor gui Norell and Makovicky p. 198
2007Microraptor gui Chatterjee and Templin p. 1576
2007Microraptor gui Ji et al. p. 13
2008Microraptor gui Godefroit et al. p. 432
2008Microraptor gui Xing et al. p. 1050
2009Microraptor gui Longrich and Currie
2009Microraptor gui Zheng et al.
2010Microraptor gui Amiot et al. p. 351
2011Microraptor gui Goianechini and Apesteguía p. 180
2011Microraptor gui O'Connor et al. p. 19662
2012Microraptor gui Dececchi et al. p. 135
2012Microraptor gui Gong et al. p. 82
2015Microraptor gui Parsons and Parsons p. 6
2018Microraptor gui Frederickson et al. p. 10
2018Microraptor gui Xing et al. p. 53

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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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
subfamilyMicroraptorinae()
genusMicroraptor
speciesgui

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.

†Microraptor gui Xu et al. 2003
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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: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Microraptor gui (type locality: 55536)