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Shixinggia oblita

Osteichthyes - Oviraptoridae

Taxonomy
Shixinggia oblita was named by Lü and Zhang (2005). Its type specimen is BPV-112, a set of postcrania, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Luyuan, Shixing (BPV), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Pingling Formation of China. It is the type species of Shixinggia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Shixinggia oblita Lü and Zhang p. 414 figs. 2-3
2010Shixinggia oblita Xu and Han p. 12
2014Shixinggia oblita Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6
2016Shixinggia oblita Wang et al. p. 12
2020Shixinggia oblita Funston p. 136 fig. 20

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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
genusShixinggia
speciesoblita

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.

†Shixinggia oblita Lü and Zhang 2005
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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 22:07:56
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order
References: Averianov and Yarkov 2004, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

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) Oviraptoridae indet. (type locality: 66798)