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Anchiornis huxleyi
Taxonomy
Anchiornis huxleyi was named by Xu et al. (2009). Its type specimen is IVPP V14378, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Daxishan, Linglongta, which is in a Bathonian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2009-09-29; modified by M. Carrano on 2014-01-24
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Anchiornis huxleyi Hu et al. |
| 2009 | Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. p. 640 figs. 1-4 |
| 2010 | Anchiornis huxleyi Lü et al. p. 385 |
| 2013 | Anchiornis huxleyi Poropat and Kear p. 106 |
| 2015 | Anchiornis huxleyi Lindgren et al. p. 2 |
| 2017 | Anchiornis huxleyi van der Reest and Currie p. 920 |
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†Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| X. Xu et al. 2009 | A small maniraptoran dinosaur with the ventral surface of the coracoid sculptured by numerous small pits and an extremely short ischium (less than one-fourth of the femoral length). |