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Protopteryx fengningensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Protopteryx fengningensis was named by Zhang and Zhou (2000). Its type specimen is IVPP V 11665, a skeleton (nearly complete articulated skeleton with feathers), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Fengning County [general], which is in a Hauterivian lacustrine siltstone in the Huajiying Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Protopteryx fengningensis Zhang and Zhou p. 1955
2006Protopteryx fengningensis Zhou and Zhang p. 79
2013Protopteryx fengningensis Zhou et al.

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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
genusProtopteryx
speciesfengningensis

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.

†Protopteryx fengningensis Zhang and Zhou 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Zhang and Z. Zhou 2000Distal end of the minor metacarpal slightly passing the distal end of the major metacarpal. First phalanx of major digit shorter than the second phalanx. Second phalanx of minor digit small and triangular in shape. Coracoid with small procoracoid process; lateral process of coracoid prominent. Interclavicular angle 50°; hypocleideum about half the length of the clavicular ramus.
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: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77China (Hebei) Protopteryx fengningensis (type locality: 68022)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Hebei) Protopteryx fengningensis (156414)