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Hesperonychus

Osteichthyes - Dromaeosauridae

Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2009-03-16; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-10-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Hesperonychus Longrich and Currie
2014Hesperonychus Han et al. pp. 7-8 fig. 5
2014Hesperonychus Pei et al.
2020Hesperonychus Jasinski et al. p. 6 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
subfamilyMicroraptorinae()
genusHesperonychus

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. †Hesperonychus Longrich and Currie 2009
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†Hesperonychus elizabethae Longrich and Currie 2009
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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) H. elizabethae (14463)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) H. elizabethae (22697 48686 52991)