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Byronosaurus jaffei

Reptilia - Troodontidae

Taxonomy
Byronosaurus jaffei was named by Norell et al. (2000). Its type specimen is IGM 100/983, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ankylosaur Flats, Ukhaa Tolgod, which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Byronosaurus jaffei Norell et al. pp. 7-9 figs. fig. 1A-C, 2
2003Byronosaurus jaffei Makovicky et al. p. 3
2003Byronosaurus jaffei Rauhut p. 42
2004Byronosaurus jaffei Makovicky and Norell p. 185
2004Byronosaurus jaffei Norell and Hwang p. 1
2004Byronosaurus jaffei Senter et al. p. 5
2007Byronosaurus jaffei Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 190
2007Byronosaurus jaffei Turner et al. p. 3
2008Byronosaurus jaffei Godefroit et al. p. 434
2009Byronosaurus jaffei Bever and Norell p. 4
2009Byronosaurus jaffei Godefroit et al.
2009Byronosaurus jaffei Norell et al. p. 8
2010Byronosaurus jaffei Longrich et al. p. 955
2010Byronosaurus jaffei Lü et al. p. 382
2011Byronosaurus jaffei Goianechini and Apesteguía p. 166
2011Byronosaurus jaffei Turner et al. p. 16
2011Byronosaurus jaffei Zanno et al. p. 15 fig. 15
2012Byronosaurus jaffei Gao et al. p. 5
2014Byronosaurus jaffei Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 852
2014Byronosaurus jaffei Tsuihiji et al. p. 133

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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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyTroodontidae
subfamilyTroodontinae
genusByronosaurus
speciesjaffei

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.

Byronosaurus jaffei Norell et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:03:06
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:03:56
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omnogov) Byronosaurus jaffei (37209) Troodontidae indet. (type locality: 37211)