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Yanornis

Reptilia - Yanornithiformes - Yanornithidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Yanornis Zhou and Zhang p. 1258
2004Aberratiodontus Gong et al. pp. 1-6 figs. 1-3
2004Yanornis Senter et al. p. 2 fig. 2
2008Aberratiodontus Cau and Arduini
2008Yanornis Cau and Arduini
2010Yanornis Zhou and Wang
2012Yanornis Naish et al.
2013Yanornis Kurochkin et al.
2013Yanornis O'Connor and Zelenkov
2014Yanornis O'Connor et al.
2014Yanornis Wang et al.
2014Yanornis Wang et al.
2015Yanornis Wang et al.
2015Yanornis Wang and Liu
2020Yanornis Wang et al.

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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()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
PygostyliaChiappe 2002
Ornithothoraces
OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
orderYanornithiformes
familyYanornithidae
genusYanornis

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.

G. †Yanornis Zhou and Zhang 2001
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Yanornis guozhangi Wang et al. 2013
Yanornis martini Zhou and Zhang 2001
Invalid names: Aberratiodontus Gong et al. 2004 [synonym]
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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Y. guozhangi (92806)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Aberratiodontus wui (79518) Y. martini (85258) Y. sp. (55536)