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Shanag ashile

Osteichthyes - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Shanag ashile was named by Turner et al. (2007). Its type specimen is IGM 100/1119, a skull, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is northeastern end, Öösh locality (AMNH/IGM), which is in a Cretaceous alluvial fan sandstone/siltstone in the Öösh Formation of Mongolia.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2007-03-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Shanag ashile Turner et al. pp. 3-4 figs. 2-4
2009Shanag ashile Longrich and Currie
2009Shanag ashile Norell et al. p. 51
2010Shanag ashile Amiot et al. p. 351
2011Shanag ashile Turner et al. p. 59
2012Shanag ashile Prieto-Marquez et al. p. 120
2025Shanag ashile Yu et al. p. 327

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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
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
subfamilyMicroraptorinae()
genusShanag
speciesashile

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.

†Shanag ashile Turner et al. 2007
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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: Kiessling 2004, Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 143.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Mongolia (Ovorkhangai) Shanag ashile (type locality: 70140)