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Elopteryx nopcsai

Reptilia - Alvarezsauridae

Taxonomy
Elopteryx nopcsai was named by Andrews (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Szentpéterfalva, Hateg Basin, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Sînpetru Formation of Romania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Elopteryx nopcsai Andrews p. 195 figs. 1-2
1933Elopteryx nopcsai Lambrecht p. 287
1972Elopteryx nopcsai Howard p. 5
1975Elopteryx nopcsai Harrison and Walker p. 563
1984Elopteryx nopcsai Grigorescu p. 112
1985Elopteryx nopcsai Olson p. 192
1991Elopteryx nopcsai Weishampel et al. p. 209
1992Elopteryx nopcsai Grigorescu p. 157
1992Elopteryx nopcsai Le Loeuff et al. p. 338
1998Elopteryx nopcsai Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 110
2003Elopteryx nopcsai Grigorescu p. 100
2005Elopteryx nopcsai Grigorescu p. 204
2010Elopteryx nopcsai Grigorescu p. 275
2021Elopteryx nopcsai Sellés et al. p. 8

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
infraorderAlvarezsauria
—Alvarezsauroidea()
familyAlvarezsauridae
genusElopteryx
speciesnopcsai

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.

†Elopteryx nopcsai Andrews 1913
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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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Elopteryx nopcsai (type locality: 59410 97948)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Elopteryx nopcsai (26369)