Classification
Dinosauria
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Theropoda
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Neotheropoda
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Averostra
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Tetanurae
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Coelurosauria
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Maniraptora
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Avialae
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Sites de découverte 34 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
10
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
4
Barrémien
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
4
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Berriasien
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
2
Tithonien
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
12
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Synonymes (6)
Archaeopterygidae
invalid subgroup of Avialae
Archaeornithidae
invalid subgroup of Avialae
Llerdopteryx
nomen dubium Avialae
Llerdopteryx viai
nomen dubium, species not entered Avialae
Wyleyia
nomen dubium Avialae
Wyleyia valdensis
nomen dubium, species not entered Avialae
Images 2
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. A. Gauthier. 1986. Saurischian monophyly and the origin of birds. The Origin of Birds and the Evolution of Flight, K. Padian (ed.), Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 8:1-55
Bibliographie (29)
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