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Empeirodytes
Taxonomy
Empeirodytes was named by Ohashi and Hasegawa (2020). Its type is Empeirodytes okazakii.
It was assigned to Plotopteridae by Ohashi and Hasegawa (2020).
It was assigned to Plotopteridae by Ohashi and Hasegawa (2020).
Species
E. okazakii (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Empeirodytes Ohashi and Hasegawa p. 291 figs. Figures 4, 5 |
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G. †Empeirodytes Ohashi and Hasegawa 2020
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†Empeirodytes okazakii Ohashi and Hasegawa 2020
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| T. Ohashi and Y. Hasegawa 2020 | Overall size is smaller than Copepteryx, Hokkaidornis, and Klallamornis and larger than Plotopterum and Stemec. The new species has the following two characteristics as the differential diagnosis (Table 1). A depression develops on the ventral surface of the facies articularis humeralis portion of the shaft. This depression is deeper and more prominent than in Stenor- nis. A sharply defined ridge runs along the caudal margin of the labrum internum. In addition, the base of the pro-coracoid process is thick and trapezoidal. The dorsoven- tral depth of the overall shaft is very thin. |