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Caihong juji
Taxonomy
Caihong juji was named by Hu et al. (2018). Its type specimen is PMoL-B00175, a skeleton (a nearly complete skeleton with associated plumage preserved on a slab and counter slab), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gangou, Qinglong, which is in an Oxfordian lacustrine shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China. It is the type species of Caihong.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Caihong juji Hu et al. figs. 1-5 |
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†Caihong juji Hu et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D.-Y. Hu et al. 2018 | A small theropod with the following autapomorphies within Paraves: accessory fenestra posteroventral to promaxillary fenestra, lacrimal with prominent dorsolaterally oriented crests, robust dentary with anterior tip dorsoventrally deeper than its midsection and short ilium (<50% of the femoral length, compared to considerably >50% in other theropods). |
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||