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Epidexipteryx ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	137496	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=137496

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Epidexipteryx

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
genus	Epidexipteryx	Zhang et al. 2008

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Epidexipteryx	genus	belongs to Scansoriopterygidae	stated with evidence	Zhang et al., 2008
Epidexipteryx	genus	belongs to Paraves	stated without evidence	Godefroit et al., 2013
Epidexipteryx	genus	belongs to Paraves	stated with evidence	O'Connor and Sullivan, 2014
Epidexipteryx	genus	belongs to Scansoriopterygidae	stated without evidence	Zhou and Wang, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

165 - 161 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

165 - 161 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelurosauria)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. Zhang, Z. Zhou, and X. Xu, X. Wang, C. Sullivan. 2008. A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers. Nature 455:1105-1108

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Epidexipteryx hui ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2008	Epidexipteryx Zhang et al. p. 1105
2013	Epidexipteryx Godefroit et al.
2014	Epidexipteryx O'Connor and Sullivan
2017	Epidexipteryx Zhou and Wang p. 245

References

Zhang F., Zhou Z., et al (2008) A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers, Nature 455, 1105-1108

Godefroit P., Cau A., et al (2013) A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds, Nature doi:10.1038/nature12168

O'Connor J. K., Sullivan C. (2014) Reinterpretation of the Early Cretaceous maniraptoran (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Zhongornis haoae as a scanoriopterygid-like non-avian, and morphological resemblances between scansoriopterygids and basal oviraptorosaurs, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 1, 3-30

Zhou Z.-H., Wang Y. (2017) Vertebrate assmblages of the Jurassic Yanliao Biota and the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: comparisons and implications, Palaeoworld 26, 241-252 doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2017.01.002

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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