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Incisivosaurus gauthieri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Incisivosaurus gauthieri was named by Xu et al. (2002). Its type specimen is IVPP V13326, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (IVPP), which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial tuff in the Yixian Formation of China.

It was recombined as Protarchaeopteryx gauthieri by Senter et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Incisivosaurus gauthieri Xu et al. p. 291 fig. 1
2004Incisivosaurus gauthieri Lü et al. p. 109 fig. 8
2004Incisivosaurus gauthieri Osmólska et al. p. 166
2004Protarchaeopteryx gauthieri Senter et al. p. 3
2005Incisivosaurus gauthieri Lü and Zhang p. 413
2007Incisivosaurus gauthieri Balanoff et al. p. 43A
2007Incisivosaurus gauthieri Turner et al. p. 5
2009Incisivosaurus gauthieri Balanoff et al. p. 2
2010Incisivosaurus gauthieri Amiot et al. p. 349
2010Incisivosaurus gauthieri Xu and Han p. 12
2010Incisivosaurus gauthieri Zanno p. 225
2011Incisivosaurus gauthieri Turner et al. p. 17
2013Incisivosaurus gauthieri Longrich et al. p. 37
2014Incisivosaurus gauthieri Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6
2015Incisivosaurus gauthieri Tsuihiji et al. p. 61
2016Incisivosaurus gauthieri Wang et al. p. 6
2020Incisivosaurus gauthieri Funston p. 112
2020Incisivosaurus gauthieri Yang et al. p. 2

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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()
Maniraptora
infraorderOviraptorosauria
genusIncisivosaurus
speciesgauthieri

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.

Incisivosaurus gauthieri Xu et al. 2002
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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: intermediateinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Depth habitat: surfaceinfrao
Diet: omnivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-03-06 14:07:56
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:07:56
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order
References: Averianov and Yarkov 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Incisivosaurus gauthieri (type locality: 53493)