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Eudromia

Reptilia - Tinamiformes - Tinamidae

Taxonomy
Eudromia was named by Geoffroy (1832). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tinamidae by Houde (1988), Carroll (1988) and Tambussi et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Eudromia Geoffroy
1988Eudromia Carroll
1988Eudromia Houde
2023Eudromia Tambussi et al. p. 265

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
—CrypturiGoodchild
superorderDromaeomorphae
orderTinamiformesHuxley 1872
familyTinamidaeGray 1840
genusEudromiaGeoffroy 1832

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Eudromia Geoffroy 1832
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Eudromia elegans Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832 [Elegant crested tinamou]
Eudromia formosa Lillo 1905 [Quebracho crested tinamou]
†Eudromia olsoni Tambussi and Tonni 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:51:27
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:51:27
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Lujanian or 7.24600 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) E. sp. (87198)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) E. sp. (141939)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) E. elegans (152081 152085) E. olsoni, E. elegans (198863)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) E. sp. (202096)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Chubut) E. sp. (71338)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) E. sp. (191127)