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Ornitholestes

Reptilia - Compsognathidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ornitholestes Osborn
1909Ornitholestes Huene p. 15
1911Ornitholestes von Zittel p. 283
1914Ornitholestes Huene p. 34
1915Ornitholestes Lull p. 155
1920Ornitholestes Huene p. 162
1922Ornitholestes Joleaud p. 60
1922Ornitholestes Matthew and Brown p. 368
1924Ornitholestes Lull p. 231
1926Ornitholestes Huene p. 99
1928Ornitholestes Nopcsa p. 183
1934Ornitholestes Stromer p. 80
1939Ornitholestes Kuhn p. 44
1964Ornitholestes Tatarinov p. 533
1977Ornitholestes Galton p. 230
1984Ornitholestes Russell p. 22
1984Ornitholestes Welles p. 177
1985Ornitholestes Gauthier and Padian p. 190
1988Ornitholestes Carroll
1988Ornitholestes Paul p. 5 fig. 1
1990Ornitholestes Osmolska p. 149
1991Ornitholestes Miller et al. p. 40
1992Ornitholestes Novas p. 147
1994Ornitholestes Holtz
1994Ornitholestes Sereno et al. p. 270
1995Ornitholestes Holtz, Jr. p. 35A
1996Ornitholestes Sereno et al. p. 989 fig. 4
1997Ornitholestes Sereno p. 442 fig. 4
1998Ornitholestes Sereno p. 74 fig. 9
1999Ornitholestes Sereno p. 2139 fig. 2
2000Ornitholestes Holtz, Jr. p. 13 fig. 5
2002Ornitholestes Carrano et al.
2003Ornitholestes Rauhut p. 149
2004Ornitholestes Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 76
2004Ornitholestes Hwang et al. p. 28 fig. 12
2004Ornitholestes Senter et al. p. 17
2005Ornitholestes Carpenter et al. p. 51
2006Ornitholestes Chure et al. p. 236
2006Ornitholestes Martínez and Novas p. 243
2010Ornitholestes Choiniere et al. p. 1793
2010Ornitholestes Rauhut et al. pp. 183-184 fig. 23
2012Ornitholestes Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2014Ornitholestes Hendrickx and Mateus

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
familyCompsognathidae
genusOrnitholestes

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. †Ornitholestes Osborn 1903
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Ornitholestes hermanni Osborn 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 30 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10 kgg
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: 2005-08-24 13:23:19
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:23:19
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8USA (Wyoming) O. sp. (126540)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) O. hermanni (12816 22648)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) O. sp. (45975)