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Shuuvuia

Reptilia - Alvarezsauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Shuuvuia Chiappe et al. p. 2
1999Shuuvuia Norell and Makovicky p. 36
2002Shuvuuia Chiappe p. 451 fig. 20.1
2002Shuvuuia Chiappe et al. p. 91
2002Shuvuuia Suzuki et al. p. 2
2004Shuvuuia Padian p. 211
2007Shuvuuia Martinelli and Vera pp. 13-14 fig. 11
2009Shuvuuia Alifanov and Barsbold p. 96
2009Shuvuuia Longrich and Currie p. 246 fig. 11
2009Shuvuuia Salgado et al. p. 77
2009Shuvuuia Turner et al. p. 2
2010Shuvuuia Choiniere et al. p. 573 fig. 2
2010Shuvuuia Longrich et al. p. 955
2010Shuvuuia Xu et al. p. 14 fig. 8
2011Shuvuuia Gianechini et al. p. 283
2011Shuvuuia Nesbitt et al. p. 149
2012Shuuvuia Agnolin et al. p. 47
2013Shuvuuia Novas et al. p. 195
2014Shuvuuia Delcourt and Grillo p. 312
2014Shuvuuia Hendrickx and Mateus
2021Shuvuuia Averianov and Lopatin
2023Shuvuuia Kubo et al. p. 29 fig. 18

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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
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
infraorderAlvarezsauria
Alvarezsauroidea()
familyAlvarezsauridae
subfamilyParvicursorinae()
Mononykini()
genusShuuvuia

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. †Shuuvuia Chiappe et al. 1998
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875
Collections
No collection or age range data are available