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Caudipteryx zoui

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Caudipteryx zoui was named by Ji et al. (1998). Its type specimen is NGMC 97-4-A, a skeleton (skeleton with feathers), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Sihetun, Yixian Member 3 (general), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine siltstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Caudipteryx zoui Ji et al.
1999Caudipteryx zoui Wang et al. p. 2
2000Caudipteryx zoui Zhou et al. p. 244
2002Caudipteryx zoui Maryanska et al. p. 101 fig. 1
2002Caudipteryx zoui Yao et al. p. 221
2003Caudipteryx zoui Currie p. 56
2003Caudipteryx zoui Rauhut p. 28
2003Caudipteryx zoui Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 295
2004Caudipteryx zoui Lü et al. p. 109 fig. 8
2004Caudipteryx zoui Osmólska et al. p. 166
2005Caudipteryx zoui Lü and Zhang p. 413
2007Caudipteryx zoui Turner et al. p. 24
2008Caudipteryx zoui Cerda p. 351
2008Caudipteryx zoui Ji p. 38
2009Caudipteryx zoui Balanoff et al. p. 4
2009Caudipteryx zoui Xing et al. p. 710
2013Caudipteryx zoui Longrich et al. p. 37
2014Caudipteryx zoui Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6
2015Caudipteryx zhoui Funston et al. p. 186
2016Caudipteryx zoui Funston and Currie p. 5
2016Caudipteryx zoui Wang et al. p. 6
2017Caudipteryx zoui Tsuihiji et al. p. 10

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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
genusCaudipteryx
specieszoui

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.

Caudipteryx zoui Ji et al. 1998
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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) Caudipteryx zoui (type locality: 10764)