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        }
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        "Bissekty",
        "Cedar Mountain",
        "Densuș-Ciula",
        "Dinosaur Park",
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        "Hell Creek Formation",
        "Horseshoe Canyon",
        "Iron Springs",
        "Judith River Formation",
        "Khodzhakul",
        "Lance Formation",
        "Mesaverde",
        "Milk River",
        "Murtoi",
        "Oldman",
        "Pui Beds",
        "Râul Mare",
        "Scollard",
        "Two Medicine",
        "Udurchukan",
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      "rule_id": "merge:canonical_formations",
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        "Richard Estes"
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      "synthesis": false,
      "sources": [
        {
          "source": "wikidata",
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        }
      ]
    }
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      "basis": "corroborated",
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        "PBDB and Wikidata identify the same genus."
      ]
    },
    "authority": {
      "level": "high",
      "basis": "corroborated",
      "reasons": [
        "PBDB and Wikidata agree."
      ]
    },
    "parent_name": {
      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it."
      ],
      "source": "PBDB"
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      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it."
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      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it."
      ],
      "source": "PBDB"
    },
    "evidence": {
      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "synthesis",
      "reasons": [
        "Omnisaura's calculation from 155 confirmed PBDB records.",
        "1 record(s) identified only to genus, dated well outside the species-level records, were set aside as doubtful."
      ]
    },
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      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it."
      ],
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    },
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      "basis": "items",
      "reasons": [
        "See each entry."
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        {
          "value": "CA",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (72 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "RO",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (4 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
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        {
          "value": "RU",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (3 records)."
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          "source": "PBDB"
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        {
          "value": "US",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (68 records)."
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          "source": "PBDB"
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        {
          "value": "UZ",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (9 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        }
      ]
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    "formations": {
      "level": "mixed",
      "basis": "items",
      "reasons": [
        "Entries differ; see each entry."
      ],
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        {
          "value": "Aguja",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (9 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Bissekty",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (7 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Cedar Mountain",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (3 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Densuș-Ciula",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Dinosaur Park",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (30 records)."
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          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Ferris",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (5 records)."
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          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Foremost",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Hell Creek Formation",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (36 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Horseshoe Canyon",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
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          "source": "PBDB"
        },
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          "value": "Iron Springs",
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          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Judith River Formation",
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            "Only PBDB records it (4 records)."
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        },
        {
          "value": "Khodzhakul",
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          "basis": "single_source",
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            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
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        },
        {
          "value": "Lance Formation",
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          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (6 records)."
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          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Mesaverde",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
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          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Milk River",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (18 records)."
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          "source": "PBDB"
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        {
          "value": "Murtoi",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
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        },
        {
          "value": "Oldman",
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            "Only PBDB records it (18 records)."
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        },
        {
          "value": "Pui Beds",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
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        },
        {
          "value": "Râul Mare",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Scollard",
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          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Two Medicine",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Udurchukan",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Wapiti",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
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        }
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      {
        "field": "type_species",
        "label": "Type species",
        "note": "No source we use gives this yet."
      },
      {
        "field": "order",
        "label": "Order",
        "note": "No source we use gives this yet."
      },
      {
        "field": "common_names",
        "label": "Common names",
        "note": "No source we use gives this yet."
      }
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        "field": "parent_name",
        "label": "Parent group",
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      {
        "field": "family",
        "label": "Family",
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      },
      {
        "field": "headline",
        "label": "Age (headline)",
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        "field": "named_after",
        "label": "Named after",
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        "records": "occurrences",
        "status": "related_other_genus",
        "count": 1,
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      },
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        "records": "occurrences",
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        "reason": "PBDB fossil records identified only tentatively (for example 'cf.' or '?')"
      }
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      "high": "Two independent sources agree, or an editor has ruled.",
      "medium": "One source; nothing contradicts it.",
      "low": "Sources disagree and no editor has ruled yet, or too few records."
    },
    "by": "Omnisaura",
    "license_id": "OMNISAURA-EDITORIAL"
  },
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    },
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      "name": "Judith River",
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    },
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      "name": "Lance",
      "same_as": "Lance Formation",
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      "ruling": null
    }
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    "genus": "Richardoestesia",
    "scope": "confirmed matches only",
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          "2026-10-05",
          "2026-10-10",
          "2026-10-11"
        ],
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        "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0",
        "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
        "requires_attribution": true,
        "attribution": "Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0.",
        "source_name": "Paleobiology Database",
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      },
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        ],
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        "license_id": "CC0-1.0",
        "license_name": "Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
        "requires_attribution": false,
        "attribution": "Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, Collection specimens dataset, https://doi.org/10.5519/0002965. Image licenses vary per record.",
        "source_name": "Natural History Museum Data Portal",
        "homepage": "https://data.nhm.ac.uk"
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        "license_id": "CC0-1.0",
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        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
        "requires_attribution": false,
        "attribution": "Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0.",
        "source_name": "Wikidata",
        "homepage": "https://www.wikidata.org"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "media_id": 2999,
        "title": "File:Richardoestesia.png",
        "category": "Taxon image",
        "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Richardoestesia.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
        "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richardoestesia.png",
        "source": "commons",
        "rights_holder": "Derek W. Larson, Philip J. Currie",
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        "license_id": "CC-BY-2.5",
        "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution 2.5",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/",
        "requires_attribution": true,
        "share_alike": false,
        "attribution": "Derek W. Larson, Philip J. Currie (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0054329), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richardoestesia.png)"
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  },
  "credits_markdown": "## Richardoestesia: Sources & credits\n\n_Scope: confirmed matches only._\n\n### Data\n- **Paleobiology Database** (https://paleobiodb.org): [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 4 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 10 October 2026, 11 October 2026.\n- **Natural History Museum Data Portal** (https://data.nhm.ac.uk): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, Collection specimens dataset, https://doi.org/10.5519/0002965. Image licenses vary per record. Retrieved 4 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 11 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n- **Wikidata** (https://www.wikidata.org): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0. Retrieved 11 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n\n### Images (1)\n- “File:Richardoestesia.png” (Taxon image): Derek W. Larson, Philip J. Currie (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0054329), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richardoestesia.png). [Creative Commons Attribution 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/).\n\n### Scientific references\n\n151 published reference(s) support this entry (via the Paleobiology Database).\n",
  "notice": "Omnisaura data combines sources under different licences. Every genus file lists its credits; anyone showing a value must show the credits for it. Images keep their own licences; share-alike images may only be shown unmodified.",
  "fossil_basis": "body",
  "original_description": {
    "citation": "P. J. Currie, J. K. Rigby, Jr., R. E. Sloan (1990). Theropod teeth from the Judith River Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. In K. Carpenter and P. J. Currie (eds.), Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 107–125.",
    "authors": "P. J. Currie, J. K. Rigby, Jr., R. E. Sloan",
    "year": 1990,
    "title": "Theropod teeth from the Judith River Formation of southern Alberta, Canada",
    "publication": "In K. Carpenter and P. J. Currie (eds.), Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge",
    "volume": null,
    "issue": null,
    "pages": "107–125",
    "doi": "10.1017/cbo9780511608377.011",
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511608377.011",
    "what": "The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.",
    "confidence": {
      "level": "high",
      "reasons": [
        "PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Currie et al. 1990), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree."
      ]
    },
    "source": "pbdb",
    "source_name": "Paleobiology Database",
    "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "pbdb_reference_no": "11751"
  },
  "summary": "Omnisaura summary: Richardoestesia, Currie et al. 1990\n\n- Named by: Currie et al. 1990 (high confidence: PBDB and Wikidata agree).\n- Family: Dromaeosauridae (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Parent group: Dromaeosauridae (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, as published by the Paleobiology Database: Kimmeridgian to Maastrichtian, 154.8–66 million years ago (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, Omnisaura's own calculation (not a published figure): 100.5–66 million years ago (medium confidence: Omnisaura's calculation from 155 confirmed PBDB records).\n- Fossils found in: Canada (medium: only PBDB records it (72 records)); Romania (medium: only PBDB records it (4 records)); Russia (medium: only PBDB records it (3 records)); United States (medium: only PBDB records it (68 records)); Uzbekistan (medium: only PBDB records it (9 records)).\n- Rock formations: Aguja (medium: only PBDB records it (9 records)); Bissekty (medium: only PBDB records it (7 records)); Cedar Mountain (medium: only PBDB records it (3 records)); Densuș-Ciula (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Dinosaur Park (medium: only PBDB records it (30 records)); Ferris (medium: only PBDB records it (5 records)); Foremost (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Hell Creek Formation (medium: only PBDB records it (36 records)); Horseshoe Canyon (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Iron Springs (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Judith River Formation (medium: only PBDB records it (4 records)); Khodzhakul (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Lance Formation (medium: only PBDB records it (6 records)); Mesaverde (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Milk River (medium: only PBDB records it (18 records)); Oldman (medium: only PBDB records it (18 records)); Udurchukan (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Murtoi (low: only one PBDB record); Pui Beds (low: only one PBDB record); Râul Mare (low: only one PBDB record); Scollard (low: only one PBDB record); Two Medicine (low: only one PBDB record); Wapiti (low: only one PBDB record).\n- Original description: P. J. Currie, J. K. Rigby, Jr., R. E. Sloan (1990). Theropod teeth from the Judith River Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. In K. Carpenter and P. J. Currie (eds.), Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 107–125. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511608377.011 (high confidence: PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Currie et al. 1990), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree).\n\nNot known or disputed:\n- Type species: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Order: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Common names: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- 83 fossil record(s) left out because their identification is uncertain.\n\nNot covered by Omnisaura: diet, size, weight, appearance or behaviour. Do not fill these in from general knowledge as if they came from Omnisaura.\n\nCredits (must be shown with any of this): Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0-1.0); Paleobiology Database (CC-BY-4.0); Wikidata (CC0-1.0)."
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