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Serikornis sungei
Taxonomy
Serikornis sungei was named by Lefèvre et al. (2017). Its type specimen is PMOL-AB00200, a skeleton (a single complete articulated skeletonwith associated integumentary structures preserved on a slab.The counterpart is missing, but most of the skeleton is pre-s), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daxishan, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China. It is the type species of Serikornis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Serikornis sungei Lefèvre et al. |
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†Serikornis sungei Lefèvre et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| U. Lefèvre et al. 2017 | Serikornis is characterized by the following combination of characters (autapomorphies are marked with an asterisk): four anterior maxillary teeth twice as long as the others regarding the crown height*; coracoid tuber well-developed and laterally projected from the later al margin of the coracoid and forming a subglenoid shelf along the caudoventral margin of the bone; the distal end of the lateral process of the coracoid is thicker than the proximal part and forms a ventral rounded bump; ventrodistal process of ischium narrow, hook-like,strongly deflected caudodorsally and set at the distal end of the ischium*; smooth ventral side of coracoid devoid of small pits. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||