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| Rank | genus (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Patagopteryx |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Aves | stated without evidence | Chiappe, 1991 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Patagopterygidae | stated with evidence | Alvarenga and Bonaparte, 1992 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Ornithothoraces | stated with evidence | Chiappe and Calvo, 1994 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Avialae | stated without evidence | Norell and Clarke, 2001 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Ornithothoraces | stated with evidence | Chiappe, 2002 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Ornithurae | stated without evidence | Hope, 2002 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Ornithuromorpha | stated with evidence | Chiappe, 2002 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Ornithothoraces | stated without evidence | Padian, 2004 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Avialae | stated with evidence | Clarke et al., 2005 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Euornithes | stated without evidence | Cau and Arduini, 2008 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Ornithuromorpha | stated with evidence | Naish et al., 2012 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Bohaiornithidae | stated with evidence | Wang et al., 2014 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Enantiornithes | stated without evidence | O'Connor et al., 2014 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Ornithuromorpha | stated without evidence | Wang et al., 2014 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Pygostylia | stated without evidence | Lefevre et al., 2014 | | Patagopteryx | genus | belongs to Ornithuromorpha | stated with evidence | Wang and Liu, 2015 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 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) | H. M. F. Alvarenga and J. F. Bonaparte. 1992. A new flightless landbird from the Cretaceous of Patagonia. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science Series 36:51-64 |
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| Alvarenga H. M. F., Bonaparte J. F. (1992) A new flightless landbird from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science Series 36, 51-64 |
| Chiappe L. M., Calvo J. O. (1994) Neuquenornis volans, a new Late Cretaceous bird (Enantiornithes, Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14 2, 230-246 |
| Norell M. A., Clarke J. A. (2001) Fossil that fills a critical gap in avian evolution, Nature 409, 181-184 |
| Hope S. (2002) The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, 339-388 |
| 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 |
| Clarke J. A., Tambussi C. P., et al (2005) Definitive fossil evidence for the extant avian radiation in the Cretaceous, Nature 433 20, 305-308 |
| Cau A., Arduini P. (2008) Enantiophoenix electrophyla gen. et sp. nov. (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon and its phylogenetic relationships, Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149 2, 293-324 |
| Naish D., Dyke G., et al (2012) A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia, Biology Letters 2012 8, 97-100 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0683 |
| Kurochkin E. N., Chatterjee S., et al (2013) An emryonic enantiornithine bird and associated eggs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 47 11, 1252-1269 |
| O'Connor J. K., Zelenkov N. V. (2013) The phylogenetic position of Ambiortus: comparison with other Mesozoic birds from Asia, Paleontological Journal 47 11, 1270-1281 |
| Lefevre U., Hu D., et al (2014) A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113, 790-804 |
| O'Connor J. K., Averianov A. O., et al (2014) A confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-like tarsometatarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Siberia and a discussion of the evolution of avian hind limb musculature, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3, 647-656 |
| Wang M., O'Connor J. K., et al (2014) A new robust enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China with scansorial adaptations, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3, 657-671 |
| Wang M., Zhou Z.-H., et al (2014) A new diverse enantiornithine family (Bohaiornithidae fam. nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information from two new species, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 1, 31-76 |
| Wang M., Liu D. (2015) Taxonomical reappraisal of Cathayornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2014.994087 |
| Wang M., Zheng X., et al (2015) The oldest record of Ornithuromorpha from the Early Cretaceous of China, Nature Communications 6 6987 doi:10.1038/ncomms7987 |
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