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Rinchenia mongoliensis
Taxonomy
Oviraptor mongoliensis was named by Barsbold (1986). Its type specimen is IGM 100/32, a skull (scapula), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altan Ula II [SMPE] (PIN coll. 553), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.
It was recombined as Rinchenia mongoliensis by Barsbold (1997), Osmólska et al. (2004), Weishampel et al. (2008), Balanoff et al. (2009), Xu and Han (2010), Longrich et al. (2010), Fanti et al. (2012), Tsogtbaatar et al. (2014), Lamanna et al. (2014), Tsuihiji et al. (2015), Wang et al. (2016), Funston et al. (2018), Lee et al. (2019), Rhodes et al. (2020), Funston (2020) and Funston et al. (2021).
It was recombined as Rinchenia mongoliensis by Barsbold (1997), Osmólska et al. (2004), Weishampel et al. (2008), Balanoff et al. (2009), Xu and Han (2010), Longrich et al. (2010), Fanti et al. (2012), Tsogtbaatar et al. (2014), Lamanna et al. (2014), Tsuihiji et al. (2015), Wang et al. (2016), Funston et al. (2018), Lee et al. (2019), Rhodes et al. (2020), Funston (2020) and Funston et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Oviraptor mongoliensis Barsbold |
| 1992 | Oviraptor mongoliensis Currie p. 246 |
| 1997 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Barsbold p. 506 |
| 1997 | Oviraptor mongoliensis Osmólska p. 472 |
| 1997 | Oviraptor mongoliensis Ryan and Vickaryous p. 170 |
| 1997 | Oviraptor mongoliensis Vickaryous and Ryan p. 488 |
| 2001 | Oviraptor mongoliensis Norell et al. p. 13 |
| 2003 | Oviraptor mongoliensis Rauhut p. 40 |
| 2004 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Osmólska et al. p. 167 |
| 2007 | Oviraptor mongoliensis Turner et al. p. 19 |
| 2008 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Weishampel et al. p. 1115 |
| 2009 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Balanoff et al. p. 13 |
| 2010 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Longrich et al. p. 953 fig. 7 |
| 2010 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Xu and Han p. 12 |
| 2012 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Fanti et al. p. 10 |
| 2014 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6 |
| 2014 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Tsogtbaatar et al. p. 109 |
| 2015 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Tsuihiji et al. p. 61 |
| 2016 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Wang et al. p. 8 |
| 2018 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Funston et al. p. 112–113 |
| 2019 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Lee et al. p. 13 |
| 2020 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Funston p. 136 fig. 20 |
| 2020 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Rhodes et al. p. 9 |
| 2021 | Rinchenia mongoliensis Funston et al. p. 7 |
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†Rinchenia mongoliensis Barsbold 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. F. Funston et al. 2018 | Oviraptorid oviraptorosaur diagnosed by the following features (autapomorphies marked by an asterisk): tall, domed cranial crest composed primarily of nasals*; frontal taller than anteroposteriorly long* (shared with unnamed Guriliin Tsav oviraptorid); postorbital with vertical frontal process parallel to jugal process* (shared with unnamed Guriliin Tsav oviraptorid); interfingering jugal-quadratojugal contact*; ventral ramus of dentary extending posterior to external mandibular fenestra* (shared with Ci. osmolskae); angular not contributing to retroarticular process* (shared with Ci. osmolskae); rounded hypapophyses on anterior dorsals; six sacral vertebrae; plate-like distal chevrons; unfused scapulocoracoid with straight posteroventral process of coracoid; deltopectoral crest of humerus ventrally tapering; ilium anterodorsally expanded*; preacetabular process of ilium ventrally hooked and pointed; tall but anteroposteriorly restricted brevis fossa; low syntrochanteric crest (fused lesser and greater trochanters) of femur (shared with unnamed Guriliin Tsav oviraptorid); popliteal fossa of femur overhung by medial distal condyle*. |