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Adasaurus mongoliensis

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Adasaurus mongoliensis was named by Barsbold (1983). Its type specimen is IGM 100/20, a set of postcrania (femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bugin Tsav [SMPE/SMGE], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold p. 89 figs. 24A, 27A
1986Adasaurus mongoliensis Gauthier p. 11
1988Adasaurus mongoliensis Paul pp. 361-362
1992Adasaurus mongoliensis Currie p. 246
1996Adasaurus mongoliensis Osmólska p. 30
1997Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold p. 447
1997Adasaurus mongoliensis Norell and Makovicky p. 11
1997Adasaurus mongoliensis Osmólska p. 472
1998Adasaurus mongoliensis Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 110
2000Adasaurus mongoliensis Burnham et al. p. 7
2000Adasaurus mongoliensis Currie p. 436
2003Adasaurus mongoliensis Rauhut p. 37
2004Adasaurus mongoliensis Norell and Makovicky p. 198
2004Adasaurus mongoliensis Senter et al. p. 5
2007Adasaurus mongoliensis Turner et al. p. 10
2009Adasaurus mongoliensis Longrich and Currie
2011Adasaurus mongoliensis Turner et al. p. 22
2012Adasaurus mongoliensis Bell et al. p. 188
2021Adasaurus mongoliensis Averianov and Lopatin p. 570

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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
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
Eudromaeosauria
genusAdasaurus
speciesmongoliensis

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.

Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold 1983
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Diagnosis
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