Elopteryx

Description

Elopteryx is a genus of paravian theropod dinosaur based on fragmentary fossils found in Late Cretaceous rocks of Romania. The single species, Elopteryx nopcsai, was known only from very incomplete material until new specimens were reported in the 21st century. Balaur bondoc might represent a junior synonym of this taxon.

Information(s)

Source: The Paleobiology Database

Attibution: Andrews 1913³⁴⁶¹¹
Statut: Valide
Nom commun:
Longueur (en m): 10 to < 100
Largeur (en m): 1.0 to < 10
Hauteur (en m): 1.0 to < 10
Poids (en m): de à
Environnement de découverte: terrestrial
Mode de vie: terrestrial
Mode de locomotion: actively mobile
Vision: ?
Alimentation: carnivore
Mode de reprodution: oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile
Classification: Alvarezsauridae >> Alvarezsauroidea >> Alvarezsauria >> Coelurosauria >> Tetanurae >> Averostra >> Neotheropoda >> Theropoda >> Saurischia >> Dinosauria
Période: Maastrichtian (de -72.20 Ma à -66.00 Ma)

Espèce(s):
- Elopteryx nopcsai (Valide)³⁴⁶¹¹
Specimen(s):
- Détail des Spécimens
Autre(s) Taxon(s) trouvés dans la litterature:
- Elopteryx nopcsai
Découverte(s): 3 occcurrences
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- Roumanie
  - Hunedoara
    - ?
      - Formation Râul Mare
        Elopteryx nopcsai: ? ⁷⁶⁰⁹²
      - Formation Sînpetru
        Elopteryx nopcsai: ? ³³⁸⁶⁰
        Elopteryx nopcsai: ³⁴⁶¹¹
Historique des modifications:

Pas de modification récente.

Publication(s)

La base comprend 3 publication(s).

Source: The Paleobiology Database

↑^{1 2 3}C. W. Andrews. 1913. On some bird remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Transslyvania. Geological Magazine, new series, decade 5 10(5):193-196 (https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800126196)
↑¹Z. Csiki-Sava, M. Vremir, and S. Vasile, S. L. Brusatte, G. Dyke, D. Naish, M. A. Norell, R. Totoianu. 2016. The East Side Story – The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary events. Cretaceous Research 57:662-698 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.09.003)
↑¹E. Kessler, D. Grigorescu, and Z. Csiki. 2005. Elopteryx revisited-A new bird-like specimen from the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin (Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 5:249-258

Galerie d'images

Source: Wikimédia

Part of Elopteryx nopcsai femur and tibio-tarsus in several views

Part of Elopteryx nopcsai femur in several views.