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Parviraptor estesi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Parviraptor estesi was named by Evans (1994). Its type specimen is BMNH 48388, a partial skull (a small block bearing an association of skull bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Parviraptor.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Parviraptor estesi Evans pp. 35-46 figs. 1-15
1996Parviraptor estesi Evans p. 246

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
genusParviraptor
speciesestesi

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.

†Parviraptor estesi Evans 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Evans 1994As for genus, pending detailed comparisons between specimens from the three localities