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Jinfengopteryx elegans

Reptilia - Troodontidae

Taxonomy
Jinfengopteryx elegans was named by Ji et al. (2005). Its type specimen is CAGS-IG-04-0801, a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Longfengshan Hill (Jinfengopteryx type locality), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Huajiying Formation of China. It is the type species of Jinfengopteryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Jinfengopteryx elegans Ji et al. p. 198 figs. 1-4
2007Jinfengopteryx elegans Ji and Ji p. 340
2010Jinfengopteryx elegans Lü et al. p. 386

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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()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyTroodontidae
subfamilyJinfengopteryginaeTurner et al. 2012
genusJinfengopteryx
specieselegans

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.

†Jinfengopteryx elegans Ji et al. 2005
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:03:06
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:03:56
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Hebei) Jinfengopteryx elegans (type locality: 156414)