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Elopteryx

Reptilia - Alvarezsauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Elopteryx Andrews p. 195 figs. 1-2
1933Elopteryx Lambrecht p. 287
1960Elopteryx Wetmore p. 25
1972Elopteryx Howard p. 5
1975Elopteryx Harrison and Walker p. 563
1985Elopteryx Olson p. 192
1991Elopteryx Weishampel et al. p. 209
1992Elopteryx Le Loeuff et al. p. 339
1998Elopteryx Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 110
2010Elopteryx Xu et al. p. 15

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
infraorderAlvarezsauria
Alvarezsauroidea()
familyAlvarezsauridae
genusElopteryx

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. †Elopteryx Andrews 1913
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Elopteryx nopcsai Andrews 1913
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

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) E. nopcsai (59410 97948)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) E. nopcsai (26369)