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Adasaurus mongoliensis

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Adasaurus mongoliensis was named by Barsbold (1983). Its type specimen is IGM 100/20, a set of postcrania (femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bugin Tsav [SMPE/SMGE], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold p. 89 figs. 24A, 27A
1986Adasaurus mongoliensis Gauthier p. 11
1988Adasaurus mongoliensis Paul pp. 361-362
1992Adasaurus mongoliensis Currie p. 246
1996Adasaurus mongoliensis Osmólska p. 30
1997Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold p. 447
1997Adasaurus mongoliensis Norell and Makovicky p. 11
1997Adasaurus mongoliensis Osmólska p. 472
1998Adasaurus mongoliensis Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 110
2000Adasaurus mongoliensis Burnham et al. p. 7
2000Adasaurus mongoliensis Currie p. 436
2003Adasaurus mongoliensis Rauhut p. 37
2004Adasaurus mongoliensis Norell and Makovicky p. 198
2004Adasaurus mongoliensis Senter et al. p. 5
2007Adasaurus mongoliensis Turner et al. p. 10
2009Adasaurus mongoliensis Longrich and Currie
2011Adasaurus mongoliensis Turner et al. p. 22
2012Adasaurus mongoliensis Bell et al. p. 188
2021Adasaurus mongoliensis 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
—Eudromaeosauria
genusAdasaurus
speciesmongoliensis

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.

†Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold 1983
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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: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Adasaurus mongoliensis (type locality: 65347)