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Sapeornis chaoyangensis
Taxonomy
Sapeornis chaoyangensis was named by Zhou and Zhang (2002). Its type specimen is IVPP V12698, a skeleton (nearly complete postcranial skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shangheshou, which is in an Aptian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou and Zhang p. 34 fig. 1 |
2006 | Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou and Zhang p. 78 |
2008 | Didactylornis jii Yuan p. 48 figs. 1-4 |
2009 | Sapeornis angustis Zhou and Zhang |
2010 | Shenshiornis primita Hu et al. pp. 472-473 figs. 2-4 |
2010 | Sapeornis angustis Li et al. p. 86 |
2010 | Sapeornis chaoyangensis Li et al. p. 86 |
2011 | Sapeornis chaoyangensis Turner et al. p. 33 |
2012 | Sapeornis chaoyangensis Gao et al. p. 1103 figs. 2-9 |
2013 | Sapeornis chaoyangensis Pu et al. |
2013 | Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou et al. |
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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.
†Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou and Zhang 2002
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Invalid names: Didactylornis jii Yuan 2008 [synonym], Sapeornis angustis Zhou and Zhang 2009 [synonym], Shenshiornis primita Hu et al. 2010 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. Gao et al. 2012 | Large pygostylian bird with spade-shaped teeth in the premaxilla and maxilla; toothless dentary; long forelimb (ratio between [humerus + ulna + metacarpal II] and [femur + tibiotarsus + metatarsal III] is approximately 1.5); oblong foramen perforating the deltopectoral crest of humerus; broad, non-strut-like coracoid; stout, boomerang-shaped furcula with short hypocleidium; manus with strongly shortened digit III and phalangeal formula of 2-3-2; and short pygostyle (shorter than the metatarsus). |