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Sinusonasus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)84667https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=84667
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Troodontidae : Sinusonasus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
infraorderDeinonychosauriaColbert and Russell 1969
familyTroodontidaeGilmore 1924
genusSinusonasusXu and Wang 2004
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sinusonasusgenusbelongs to Troodontidaestated without evidenceXu and Wang, 2004
Sinusonasusgenusbelongs to Troodontidaestated with evidenceGodefroit et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Troodontidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore (based on Troodontidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Troodontidae)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)X. Xu and X. Wang. 2004. A new troodontid (Theropoda: Troodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 78(1):22-26

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sinusonasus magnodens ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Sinusonasus Xu and Wang p. 22 figs. 1-2
2009Sinusonasus Xing et al. p. 669
2011Sinusonasus Zanno et al. p. 5
2012Sinusonasus Xu et al. p. 141
2013Sinusonasus Godefroit et al.

References

Xu X., Wang X. (2004) A new troodontid (Theropoda: Troodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, Acta Geologica Sinica 78 1, 22-26
Xing L.-d., Harris J. D., et al (2009) The earliest known deinonychosaur tracks from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in Hebei Province, China, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 48 4, 662-671
Zanno L. E., Varricchio D. J., et al (2011) A new troodontid theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America, PLoS ONE 6 9, e24487:1-20 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024487
Xu X., Zhao Q., et al (2012) The taxonomy of the troodontid IVPP V 10597 reconsidered, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50 2, 140-150
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
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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