Utahraptor ostrommaysi

U. ostrommaysi

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: †Velociraptorinae
Genus: †Utahraptor
Species: †Utahraptor ostrommaysi

Name

Utahraptor ostrommaysi Kirkland, Gaston & Burge, 1993

Holotype: CEUM 184

Type locality and horizon: United States, Robert Gaston Quarry, Cedar Mountain Formation; Barremian pond siltstone/limestone

Etymology: named after John Harold Ostrom, for his works on dromaeosaurids, and Chris Mays, president of Dinamation and supporter of the Utahraptor's research. [Kirkland et al., 1993: page 5]

Synonyms

• Utahraptor ostrommaysorum (unjustified emendation)

References

Primary references

• Kirkland, J.I., Gaston, R.G. & Burge, D.B. 1993. A large dromaeosaurid (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Eastern Utah. Hunteria 2(10): 1–16. Academia.edu Reference page. 

Additional references

• Costa, T.V.V. & David, N. 2019. Commentaries on different uses of the specific epithet of the large dromaeosaurid Utahraptor Kirkland et al., 1993 (Dinosauria, Theropoda). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 76(1): 90−96. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v76.a028 . Biotaxa .

Links

• Utahraptor ostrommaysi – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

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