Rahonavis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Deinonychosauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: †Deinonychosauria

Familia: †Dromaeosauridae
Subfamilia: †Unenlagiinae
Genus: Rahonavis
Species: R. ostromi

Name

• Rahonavis Forster, Sampson, Chiappe & Krause, 1998b

Type species: Rahonavis ostromi (Forster, Sampson, Chiappe & Krause, 1998b)

Synonymy

• Rahona Forster, Sampson, Chiappe & Krause, 1998a [preoccupied by Griveaud, 1975]

References

• Forster, C.A.; Sampson, S.D.; Chiappe, L.M. & Krause, D.W. 1998a: The Theropod Ancestry of Birds: New Evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science 279 (5358): 1915–1919. DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5358.1915
• Forster, C.A.; Sampson, S.D.; Chiappe, L.M. & Krause, D.W. 1998b: Genus correction. Science 280 (5361): 179. DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5361.179g