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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Alvarezsauridae : Patagonykus : Patagonykus puertai |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated without evidence | Novas, 1994 | | Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated with evidence | Novas, 1996 | | Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated without evidence | Chiappe, 1996 | | Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated with evidence | Chiappe, 2002 | | Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated without evidence | Padian, 2004 | | Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated with evidence | Martinelli and Vera, 2007 | | Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated without evidence | Turner et al., 2007 | | Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated with evidence | Alifanov and Barsbold, 2009 | | Patagonykus puertai | species | belongs to Patagonykus | stated without evidence | Longrich and Currie, 2009 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Theropoda) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Coelurosauria) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. E. Novas. 1994. Patagonykus puertai n. gen. et sp., and the phylogenetic relationships of the Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda, Maniraptora). VI Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, R. Cúneo (ed), Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew Abstracts |
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| Novas F. E. (1994) Patagonykus puertai n. gen. et sp., and the phylogenetic relationships of the Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda, Maniraptora), VI Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, R. Cúneo (ed), Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew Abstracts |
| Chiappe L. M. (1996) Early avian evolution on the southern hemisphere: the fossil record of birds in the Mesozoic of Gondwana, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39 3, 533-554 |
| Novas F. E. (1996) Alvarezsauridae, Cretaceous basal birds from Patagonia and Mongolia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39 3, 675-702 |
| Novas F. E. (1997) Anatomy of Patagonykus puertai (Theropoda, Avialae, Alvarezsauridae), from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 1, 137-166 |
| Norell M. A., Makovicky P. J. (1999) Important features of the dromaeosaur skeleton II: information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis, American Museum Novitates 3282, 1-45 |
| Chiappe L. M. (2002) Basal bird phylogeny: problems and solutions, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, 448-472 |
| Padian K. (2004) Basal Avialae, In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 210-231 |
| Martínez R. D., Novas F. E. (2006) Aniksosaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov., a new coelurosaurian theropod from the early Late Cretaceous of central Patagonia, Argentina, Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 8 2, 243-259 |
| Novas F. E., Ezcurra M. D., et al (2006) Humerus of a basal abelisauroid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 8 1, 63-68 |
| Martinelli A. G., Vera E. I. (2007) Achillesaurus manzzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina, Zootaxa 1582, 1-17 |
| Turner A. H., Hwang S. H., et al (2007) A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3557, 1-27 |
| Alifanov V. R., Barsbold R. (2009) Ceratonykus oculatus gen. et sp. nov., a new dinosaur (? Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 94-106 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010109 |
| Longrich N. R., Currie P. J. (2009) Albertonykus borealis, a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: implications for the systematics and ecology of the Alvarezsauridae, Cretaceous Research 30 1, 239-252 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.07.005 |
| Salgado L., Coria R. A., et al (2009) Restos de Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) en la Formación Allen (Campaniano-Maastrictiano), en Salitral Ojo de Agua, Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina, Andean Geology 36 1, 67-80 |
| Turner A. H., Nesbitt S. J., et al (2009) A large alvarezsaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3648, 1-14 |
| Xu X., Wang D.-Y., et al (2010) A basal parvicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China, Zootaxa 2413, 1-19 |
| Porfiri J. D., Calvo J. O., et al (2011) A new small deinonychosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83 1, 109-116 |
| Candeiro C. R. A., Harris J. D. (2012) The tetrapod fauna of the Marília Formation (Bauru Group) at Peirópolis (Minas Gerais, Brazil): correlation with other Late Cretaceous Patagonian faunas, Revue de Paléobiology 31 1, 71-84 |
| Delcourt R., Grillo O. N. (2014) On maniraptoran material (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation, Bauru Group, Brazil, Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 17 3, 307-316 doi:10.4072/rbp.2014.3.03 |
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