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Rahonavis

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Rahonavis Forster et al. p. 185
1998Rahona Forster et al. p. 1918 fig. 5
2002Rahonavis Chiappe p. 451 fig. 20.1
2004Rahonavis Padian p. 211
2004Rahonavis Senter et al. p. 2 fig. 2
2005Rahonavis Makovicky et al. p. 1010 fig. 4
2007Rahonavis Turner et al. p. 9
2008Rahonavis Novas et al.
2009Rahonavis Longrich and Currie fig. 3
2011Rahonavis Apesteguía et al. p. 665
2011Rahonavis Gianechini et al. p. 279
2013Rahonavis Godefroit et al.
2013Rahonavis O'Connor and Zelenkov
2014Rahonavis O'Connor et al.
2014Rahonavis Pei et al.
2014Rahonavis Wang et al.
2014Rahonavis Wang et al.
2014Rahonavis Zhang et al.
2015Rahonavis Wang and Liu
2017Rahonavis Gianechini et al. p. 12
2020Rahonavis Jasinski et al. p. 6 fig. 3

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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
subfamilyUnenlagiinae
genusRahonavis

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. †Rahonavis Forster et al. 1998
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Rahonavis ostromi Forster et al. 1998
Invalid names: Rahona Forster et al. 1998 [replaced]
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
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Rahona ostromi, R. ostromi (25074)