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Anchiornis huxleyi

Osteichthyes - Troodontidae

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
YearName and author
2009Anchiornis huxleyi Hu et al.
2009Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. p. 640 figs. 1-4
2010Anchiornis huxleyi Lü et al. p. 385
2013Anchiornis huxleyi Poropat and Kear p. 106
2015Anchiornis huxleyi Lindgren et al. p. 2
2017Anchiornis huxleyi van der Reest and Currie p. 920

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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
familyTroodontidae
genusAnchiornis
specieshuxleyi

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Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
X. Xu et al. 2009A 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).