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Avipedidae

Reptilia - Avipedidae

Taxonomy
Avipedidae was named by Sarjeant and Langston (1994). Its type is Avipeda.

It was assigned to Aves by McCrea and Sarjeant (2001) and Azuma et al. (2002); and to Aves by Buckley et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Aquatilavipes, Avipeda (type genus), Fuscinapeda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Avipedidae Sarjeant and Langston
2001Avipedidae McCrea and Sarjeant p. 459
2002Avipedidae Azuma et al. p. 1
2016Avipedidae Buckley et al. p. 260

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
familyAvipedidaeSarjeant and Langston 1994
familyAvipedidaeSarjeant and Langston 1994

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.

Fm. †Avipedidae Sarjeant and Langston 1994
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G. †Aquatilavipes Currie 1981
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†Aquatilavipes izumiensis Azuma et al. 2002
†Aquatilavipes swiboldae Currie 1981
G. †Avipeda Vialov 1965
G. †Fuscinapeda Sarjeant and Langston 1994
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†Fuscinapeda sirin Vialov 1965
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, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 139.80000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Valanginian155.7 - 132.9China (Liaoning) Aquatilavipes sp. (59253)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (Utah) Aquatilavipes sp. (230405)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0China (Xinjiang) Aquatilavipes sp. (156126)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan (Fukui) Aves indet. (24807)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0China (Gansu) Aquatilavipes sp. (59255)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan (Fukui) Aves indet. (87222)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Canada (Alberta) Aves indet. (52368)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Canada (British Columbia) Aquatilavipes swiboldae (38894)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Aquatilavipes sp. (98353)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Argentina (Neuquén) Aquatilavipes sp. (150375)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Aquatilavipes sp. (44848) Aquatilavipes swiboldae (201858 201859)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Jujuy) Avipeda sp. (219388)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (Washington) Avipedidae indet. (167719 167721)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Hungary Avipeda indet. (39213)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Avipeda sp. A, Avipeda sp. B, Avipeda sp. C, Avipeda sp. D, Avipeda sp. E (61481)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Turkmenistan Avipeda gaurlensis, Avipeda istchenkovi (39211)