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Iberomesornis romerali

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Iberomesornis romerali was named by Sanz et al. (1990). Its type specimen is LH 22R, a partial skeleton (almost complete skeleton lacking skull and anterior cervical vertebrae), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Iberomesornis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Iberomesornis romerali Sanz et al. p. 69
1992Iberomesornis romerali Sanz and Bonaparte
1994Iberomesornis romerali Chiappe and Calvo p. 241
1997Iberomesornis romerali Pérez-Moreno and Sanz p. 400
2000Iberomesornis romerali Sereno
2002Iberomesornis romerali Chiappe p. 452
2004Iberomesornis romerali Padian p. 212
2004Iberomesornis romerali Senter et al. p. 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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
subclassEnantiornithes
genusIberomesornis
speciesromerali

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.

†Iberomesornis romerali Sanz et al. 1990
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Aves indet. (type locality: 28006)