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Masillaraptoridae
Taxonomy
Masillaraptoridae was named by Mayr (2009).
It was assigned to Falconiformes by Mayr and Kitchener (2022).
It was assigned to Falconiformes by Mayr and Kitchener (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2009 | Masillaraptoridae Mayr |
2022 | Masillaraptoridae Mayr and Kitchener p. 2 |
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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.
Fm. †Masillaraptoridae Mayr 2009
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G. †Danielsraptor Mayr and Kitchener 2022
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†Danielsraptor phorusrhacoides Mayr and Kitchener 2022
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2022 | Upper beak long, mediolaterally compressed, and dorsoventrally deep, with straight culmen (dorsal ridge) and deeply hooked tip; tomia just caudal of tip of upper beak not forming sharp cutting edges but bearing “tomial grooves”; processus zygomaticus well developed; mandible
with deep rami, long and narrow mandibular symphysis, and upcurved rostral portion; lacrimal bone with long and tapering processus supraorbitalis; one caudal vertebra with very long pro- cessus ventralis; pygostyle with large lamina pygostyli; coracoid with long processus procoracoideus and medial projection on extremitas sternalis; sternum with two pairs of caudal incisions; legs long; femur equaling tarsometatarsus in length; hypotarsus block-like; trochlea metatarsi IV bearing wing-like plantar flange; first phalanx of second toe and second and third pha- langes of fourth toe shortened. |
Measurements
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |