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Raptorex kriegsteini

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Raptorex kriegsteini was named by Sereno et al. (2009). Its type specimen is LH PV18, a skeleton (partially articulated skeleton with most of the skull and postcranial skeleton lacking portions of the forelimb and the distal one-half of the tail), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Raptorex type locality, which is in a Barremian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in China. It is the type species of Raptorex.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Raptorex kriegsteini Sereno et al.
2011Raptorex kriegsteini Hone et al. p. 495
2013Raptorex kriegsteini Poropat and Kear p. 105
2014Raptorex kriegsteini Delcourt and Grillo p. 311
2017Raptorex kriegsteini Carr et al. p. 14s
2023Raptorex kriegsteini Carr p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
genusRaptorex
specieskriegsteini

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.

†Raptorex kriegsteini Sereno et al. 2009
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 129.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Maastrichtian129.4 - 66.0China (Nei Mongol) Raptorex kriegsteini (type locality: 91404)