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Yurgovuchia doellingi

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Yurgovuchia doellingi was named by Senter et al. (2012). Its type specimen is UMNH VP 20211, a partial skeleton (cervical, dorsal, and caudal vertebrae; and the proximal end of a left pubis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Doelling's Bowl Bonebed (UMNH VP Loc. 1208), which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial chert in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Yurgovuchia doellingi Senter et al. figs. 6-9
2014Yurgovuchia doellingi Delcourt and Grillo p. 312
2015Yurgovuchia doellingi DePalma et al. p. 1
2015Yorgovuchia doellingi Milàn et al. p. 522
2016Yurgovuchia doellingi Kirkland et al. p. 24

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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
subfamilyDromaeosaurinae
genusYurgovuchia
speciesdoellingi

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.

†Yurgovuchia doellingi Senter et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Senter et al. 2012Dromaeosaurid theropod; centrum of axis with a single pneumatopore on each side; cranial end of centrum of third cervical vertebra not beveled; cervical prezygapophyses flexed; epipophyses of cervical vertebrae above postzygapophyseal facets; cervico-dorsal vertebrae with hypapophyses and without pneumatopores; cranial faces of centra of proximal caudal vertebrae round; caudal prezygapophyses elongated distal to transition point, but not over the length of a centrum. Pubis without pubic tubercle.
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: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 139.10000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6USA (Utah) Yurgovuchia doellingi (type locality: 97954)