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Zhyraornis kashkarovi

Osteichthyes - Alexornithiformes - Alexornithidae

Taxonomy
Zhyraornis kashkarovi was named by Nessov (1984). Its type specimen is TsNIGR 42/11915, a set of postcrania (anterior synsacrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CBI-4, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. It is the type species of Zhyraornis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Zhyraornis kashkarovi Nessov p. 43 figs. Pl. 8:1-4
2000Zhyraornis kashkarovi Kurochkin p. 534

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
subclassEnantiornithes
orderAlexornithiformes
familyAlexornithidae
genusZhyraornis
specieskashkarovi

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.

†Zhyraornis kashkarovi Nessov 1984
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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, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) Zhyraornis kashkarovi (58490)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Uzbekistan (Navoi) Zhyraornis kashkarovi (type locality: 58165)