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Soroavisaurus australis
Taxonomy
Soroavisaurus australis was named by Chiappe (1993). Its type specimen is PVL 4690, a set of limb elements (left tarsometatarsus, metatarsal I with proximal and distal phalanges of digit I,and four intermediate phalanges), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Estancia "El Brete" (PVL), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Lecho Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1993 | Soroavisaurus australis Chiappe p. 14 figs. 7-11 |
1994 | Soroavisaurus australis Chiappe and Calvo p. 237 |
1995 | Soroavisaurus australis Sanz et al. p. 18 fig. 15 |
2002 | Soroavisaurus australis Chiappe p. 457 |
2011 | Soroavisaurus australis Lawver et al. |
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†Soroavisaurus australis Chiappe 1993
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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L. M. Chiappe 1993 | Enantiomithine avisaurid with the following autapomorphies: plantar surface ofproximal halfofmetatarsal II forming a sharp edge (convergent with Lectavis bretincola); long and narrow fenestra open between the proximal halves of metatarsals III and IV; dorsally projected edge on the trochlea for metatarsal IV. |