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Saurornitholestes langstoni

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Saurornitholestes langstoni was named by Sues (1978). Its type specimen is RTMP 74.10.5 = TMP 1974.010.0005, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 140, Steveville, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Velociraptor langstoni by Paul (1988) and Paul (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues p. 382
1986Saurornitholestes langstoni Buffetaut et al. p. 1395
1987Saurornitholestes langstoni Currie p. 54
1988Velociraptor langstoni Paul p. 7 fig. 3
1990Saurornitholestes langstoni Currie et al. p. 110
1992Saurornitholestes langstoni Currie p. 246
1994Saurornitholestes langstoni Currie and Peng p. 2229 fig. 2
1997Saurornitholestes langstoni Norell and Makovicky p. 13
1998Saurornitholestes langstoni Brinkman et al. p. 3
1998Saurornitholestes langstoni Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 110
1999Saurornitholestes langstoni Norell and Makovicky p. 36
2000Saurornitholestes langstoni Burnham et al. p. 1
2000Saurornitholestes langstoni Sullivan and Lucas p. 105
2001Saurornitholestes langstoni Eberth et al. p. 58
2001Saurornitholestes langstoni Peng et al. p. 37
2002Saurornitholestes langstoni Sankey et al. p. 754
2003Saurornitholestes langstoni Rauhut p. 37
2003Saurornitholestes langstoni Sullivan and Lucas p. 102A
2004Saurornitholestes langstoni Currie and Varricchio p. 114
2004Saurornitholestes langstoni Kiernan and Schwimmer p. 89
2004Saurornitholestes langstoni Norell and Makovicky p. 198
2004Saurornitholestes langstoni Senter et al. p. 5
2005Saurornitholestes langstoni Currie p. 6
2005Saurornitholestes langstoni Sankey et al. p. 137
2005Saurornitholestes langstoni Sullivan et al. p. 398
2006Saurornitholestes langstoni Sullivan p. 253
2007Saurornitholestes langstoni Turner et al. p. 10
2008Saurornitholestes langstoni Godefroit et al. p. 435
2008Saurornitholestes langstoni Longrich p. 138
2008Saurornitholestes langstoni Torices et al. p. 210
2009Saurornitholestes langstoni Bever and Norell p. 15
2009Saurornitholestes langstoni Chanthasit and Buffetaut p. 148
2009Saurornitholestes langstoni Godefroit et al.
2009Saurornitholestes langstoni Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca p. 609
2009Saurornitholestes langstoni Longrich and Currie
2010Saurornitholestes langstoni Torres-Rodríguez et al. p. 75–76
2011Saurornitholestes langstoni Brown and Druckenmiller p. 1343
2011Saurornitholestes langstoni Goianechini and Apesteguía p. 180
2011Saurornitholestes langstoni Turner et al. p. 6
2012Saurornitholestes langstoni Prieto-Marquez et al. p. 122
2013Saurornitholestes langstoni Larson and Currie p. 7
2014Saurornitholestes langstoni Evans et al. p. 731
2014Saurornitholestes langstoni Rivera-Sylva and Carpenter p. 150
2014Saurornitholestes langstoni Williamson and Brusatte p. 9
2015Saurornitholestes langstoni Currie and Koppelhus p. 626
2015Saurornitholestes langstoni DePalma et al. p. 1
2015Saurornitholestes langstoni Jasinski p. 79
2016Saurornitholestes langstoni Bell and Currie p. 3
2016Saurornitholestes langstoni Mallon et al. p. 33
2017Saurornitholestes langstoni van der Reest and Currie p. 919
2018Saurornitholestes langstoni Brownstein p. 1115
2020Saurornitholestes langstoni Currie and Evans
2020Saurornitholestes langstoni Jasinski et al. p. 4

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
—Eudromaeosauria
subfamilySaurornitholestinae
genusSaurornitholestes
specieslangstoni

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
femur circumference163.0----
fibula circumference113.0----
tibia circumference258.354.063.058.56.36

Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
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: 2005-08-24 13:20:35
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:20:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Saurornitholestes langstoni (14488) Saurornitholestes sp. (14489)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Saurornitholestes langstoni (22659 22695 22698 34305 34307 34309 34315 45238 45260 45261 45262 45264 45671 45674 45822 45892 45893 45897 45898 45899 46958 47784 47793 47807 47811 47812 47814 47816 53049 53050 type locality: 59113 59224 76752 94765 219534) Saurornitholestes langstoni, Dromaeosauridae indet., Paronychodon sp., Zapsalis abradens (22697) Theropoda indet. (59139)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Saurornitholestes langstoni (180790)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Saurornitholestes langstoni (45240 45560 45561 45564 45565 45566 45567 45670 45820 47794 47795 47809 152279) Theropoda indet. (61471 61493)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Saurornitholestes langstoni (14437)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Saurornitholestes langstoni (45819 45821 45894 152259) Saurornitholestes sp. (152258)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Saurornitholestes langstoni (79363)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Saurornitholestes langstoni (14434 14457 14490) Saurornitholestes sp. (14462)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Richardoestesia isosceles (68003) Saurornitholestes langstoni (68002 68006 68008 68014)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Saurornitholestes langstoni (85498)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Saurornitholestes langstoni (51891)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Saurornitholestes langstoni (68009 68011)