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Caudipteryx dongi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Caudipteryx dongi was named by Zhou and Wang (2000). Its type specimen is IVPP V.12344, a partial skeleton (incomplete individual with nearly complete forelimbs, hindlimbs, pelves and feather impressions), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Zhangjiagou, Sihetun (IVPP), which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Caudipteryx dongi Zhou and Wang pp. 111, 114 figs. 1-3, Pl. 1-5
2003Caudipteryx dongi Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 295
2004Caudipteryx dongi Osmólska et al. p. 166
2008Caudipteryx dongi Cerda p. 351
2009Caudipteryx dongi Xing et al. p. 710
2012Caudipteryx dongi Xing et al. p. 503
2014Caudipteryx dongi Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6
2017Caudipteryx dongi Tsuihiji 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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
infraorderOviraptorosauria
genusCaudipteryx
speciesdongi

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.

†Caudipteryx dongi Zhou and Wang 2000
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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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Averianov and Yarkov 2004

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) Caudipteryx dongi (type locality: 55682)