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Linheraptor exquisitus

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Linheraptor exquisitus was named by Xu et al. (2010). Its type specimen is IVPP V 16923, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nuchidaba, Bayan Mandahu, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Wulansuhai Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Linheraptor exquisitus Xu et al.
2012Linheraptor exquisitus Hone et al. p. 27
2015Linheraptor exquisitus Funston et al. p. 186
2021Linheraptor exquisitus Averianov and Lopatin p. 570

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
Eudromaeosauria
subfamilyVelociraptorinaeBarsbold 1983
genusLinheraptor
speciesexquisitus

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.

Linheraptor exquisitus Xu et al. 2010
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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
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Linheraptor exquisitus (type locality: 131829)