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Pelecanimimus polyodon

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pelecanimimus polyodon was named by Pérez-Moreno et al. (1994). Its type specimen is LH 7777, a partial skeleton (articulated anterior half of a skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Pelecanimimus polyodon Pérez-Moreno et al. p. 364 figs. 1-2
1995Pelecanimimus polyodon Pérez-Moreno and Sanz p. 115
1997Pelecanimimus polyodon Norell and Makovicky p. 19
1997Pelecanimimus polyodon Osmólska p. 501
1997Pelecanimimus polyodon Pérez-Moreno and Sanz p. 399
1998Pelecanimimus polyodon Holtz, Jr. p. 41
2000Pelecanimimus polyodon Sanz p. 291
2000Pelecanimimus polyodon Sanz et al. p. 159
2001Pelecanimimus polyodon Hurum p. 34
2003Pelecanimimus polyodon Ji et al. p. 16 fig. 12
2003Pelecanimimus polyodon Rauhut p. 38
2003Pelecanimimus polyodon Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 276
2004Pelecanimimus polyodon Makovicky et al. p. 138
2004Pelecanimimus hoyasi Senter et al. p. 5
2005Pelecanimimus polyodon Kobayashi and Barsbold p. 98
2006Pelecanimimus polyodon Kobayashi and Barsbold p. 203
2007Pelecanimimus polyodon Gómez-Fernández et al. p. 96
2007Pelecanimimus polyodon Turner et al. p. 25
2009Pelecanimimus polyodon Buffetaut et al. p. 233
2010Pelecanimimus polyodon Christiansen and Tschopp p. 168
2010Pelecanimimus polyodon Lü et al. p. 385
2011Pelecanimimus polyodon Gianechini et al. p. 285
2011Pelecanimimus polyodon Xu et al. p. 222
2012Pelecanimimus polyodon Néraudeau et al. p. 12
2013Pelecanimimus polyodon Llandres Serrano et al. p. 572
2013Pelecanimimus polyodon Poropat and Kear p. 107
2015Pelecanimimus polyodon Alifanov and Saveliev p. 638
2016Pelecanimimus polyodon Claessens and Loewen p. 11 fig. 10
2016Pelecanimimus polyodon McFeeters et al. p. 17 fig. 14
2017Pelecanimimus polyodon Moratalla et al. p. 2
2017Pelecanimimus polyodon Sereno p. 577

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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()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptoriformes
—Arctometatarsalia
infraorderOrnithomimosauria
genusPelecanimimus
speciespolyodon

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.

†Pelecanimimus polyodon Pérez-Moreno et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0infrao
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Diet 2: omnivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-03-06 14:09:12
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:09:33
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Averianov and Yarkov 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Pelecanimimus polyodon (type locality: 28006)