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Hesperonychus elizabethae âśť

Description

Hesperonychus (meaning "western claw") was a genus of small, carnivorous dromaeosaurid dinosaur. There is one described species, Hesperonychus elizabethae; the type species was named in honor of the woman who collected it in 1982. It is known from fossils recovered from the lowermost strata of the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, dating to the late Cretaceous Period (Campanian stage) about 76.5 million years ago).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4966328https://www.gbif.org/species/4966328
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)143268https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=143268
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae : Hesperonychus : Hesperonychus elizabethae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Dromaeosauridae : Hesperonychus : Hesperonychus elizabethae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
familyDromaeosauridaeColbert and Russell 1969
genusHesperonychusLongrich and Currie 2009
speciesHesperonychus elizabethaeLongrich & Currie 2009
Generic NameHesperonychus
Scientific NameHesperonychus elizabethae Longrich & Currie, 2009
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hesperonychus elizabethaespeciesbelongs to Hesperonychusstated with evidenceLongrich and Currie, 2009
Hesperonychus elizabethaespeciesbelongs to Hesperonychusstated without evidenceDePalma et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Dromaeosauridae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Dromaeosauridae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Dromaeosauridae)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N. R. Longrich and P. J. Currie. 2009. A microraptorine (Dinosauria–Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperonychus_elizabethae

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Hesperonychus elizabethae Longrich and Currie
2015Hesperonychus elizabethae DePalma et al. p. 1
2015Hesperonychus elizabethae Parsons and Parsons p. 3
2016Hesperonychus elizabethae Bell and Currie p. 8

References

Longrich N. R., Currie P. J. (2009) A microraptorine (Dinosauria–Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.0811664106
DePalma R. A., Burnham D. A., et al (2015) The first giant raptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Hell Creek Formation, The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 14, 1-16
Bell P. R., Currie P. J. (2016) A high-latitude dromaeosaurid, Boreonykus certekorum, gen. et sp. nov. (Theropoda), from the upper Campanian Wapiti Formation, west-central Alberta, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 1, e1034359:1-9 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1034359
N. R. Longrich, P. J. Currie (2009) A microraptorine (Dinosauria–Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (10.1073/pnas.0811664106) - via Catalogue of Life
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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