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Richardoestesia
Taxonomy
Richardoestesia was named by Currie et al. (1990). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Theropoda by Zinke (1998) and Peng et al. (2001); to Coelurosauria by Holtz et al. (2004); to Troodontidae by Longrich (2008); to Paraves by Longrich (2008); to Maniraptora by Currie et al. (1990), Sankey et al. (2002), Sankey et al. (2005) and Carbot-Chanona and Rivera-Sylva (2011); to Theropoda by Eberth et al. (2001) and Williamson and Brusatte (2014); to Dromaeosauridae by Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Coelurosauria by Jasinski et al. (2011) and Torices et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Zinke (1998) and Peng et al. (2001); to Coelurosauria by Holtz et al. (2004); to Troodontidae by Longrich (2008); to Paraves by Longrich (2008); to Maniraptora by Currie et al. (1990), Sankey et al. (2002), Sankey et al. (2005) and Carbot-Chanona and Rivera-Sylva (2011); to Theropoda by Eberth et al. (2001) and Williamson and Brusatte (2014); to Dromaeosauridae by Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Coelurosauria by Jasinski et al. (2011) and Torices et al. (2015).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Richardoestesia Currie et al. pp. 116-117 |
| 1995 | Asiamericana Nessov p. 45 |
| 1997 | Asiamericana Ryan p. 443 |
| 1998 | Richardoestesia Zinke p. 184 |
| 2000 | Asiamericana Currie p. 449 |
| 2001 | Richardoestesia Eberth et al. p. 56 |
| 2001 | Richardoestesia Peng et al. p. 39 |
| 2002 | Richardoestesia Sankey et al. p. 755 |
| 2004 | Richardoestesia Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 77 |
| 2005 | Richardoestesia Sankey et al. p. 142 |
| 2008 | Asiamericana Buffetaut et al. p. 747 |
| 2008 | Richardoestesia Longrich p. 143 |
| 2011 | Richardoestesia Carbot-Chanona and Rivera-Sylva p. 395 |
| 2011 | Richardoestesia Jasinski et al. p. 226 |
| 2014 | Richardoestesia Hendrickx and Mateus |
| 2014 | Richardoestesia Williamson and Brusatte p. 13 |
| 2015 | Richardoestesia Torices et al. p. 618 |
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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.
G. †Richardoestesia Currie et al. 1990
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†Richardoestesia asiatica Nessov 1995
†Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
†Richardoestesia isosceles Sankey 2001
Invalid names: Asiamericana Nessov 1995 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. A. Nessov 1995 (Asiamericana) | The teeth are straight and, unlike those of the majority of other theropods, have a plane of symmetry perpendicular to the one passing through the apex of the crown and its two cutting edges. |