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Itemirus

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy

Itemirus was named by Kurzanov (1976). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Itemiridae by Kurzanov (1976); to Theropoda by Carroll (1988); to Theropoda by Ryan (1997); to Tyrannosauroidea by Holtz (2004); to Velociraptorinae by Longrich and Currie (2009); to Dromaeosauridae by Averianov and Sues (2012); and to Dromaeosaurinae by Sues and Averianov (2014).

Species

I. medullaris

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1976	Itemirus Kurzanov p. 362
1988	Itemirus Carroll
1997	Itemirus Ryan p. 443
2004	Itemirus Holtz, Jr. p. 114
2009	Itemirus Longrich and Currie fig. 3
2012	Itemirus Averianov and Sues p. 284
2014	Itemirus Sues and Averianov p. 227

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
infraorder	Deinonychosauria
family	Dromaeosauridae
—	Eudromaeosauria
subfamily	Dromaeosaurinae
genus	Itemirus

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. †Itemirus Kurzanov 1976

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†Itemirus medullaris Kurzanov 1976

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
S. M. Kurzanov 1976	Ventral basisphenoid sinus basally divided into two. Anterior outlet of middle cerebral vein segregated from the trigeminal foramen. Auditory nerve dividing inside the osseous labyrinth.

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 Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Uzbekistan (Navoi)	I. medullaris (46959 58159 58166 58168 75943)