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Diatrymidae

Reptilia - Diatrymiformes - Diatrymidae

Taxonomy
Diatrymidae was named by Shufeldt (1913). Its type is Diatryma.

It was corrected as Diatrymatidae by Hay (1930) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Diatrymae by Matthew and Granger (1917); to Diatrymatiformes by Hay (1930); and to Diatrymiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa
Barornis, Diatryma (syn. Omorhamphus) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Diatrymidae Shufeldt
1917Diatrymidae Matthew and Granger p. 321
1930Diatrymatidae Hay p. 283
1933Diatrymidae Lambrecht p. 566
1940Diatrymidae Wetmore p. 55
1960Diatrymidae Wetmore p. 27
1988Diatrymatidae Carroll
2007Diatrymatidae Livezey and Zusi p. 90

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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
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderDiatrymiformes()
familyDiatrymidaeShufeldt 1913
familyDiatrymidaeShufeldt 1913

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.

Fm. †Diatrymidae Shufeldt 1913
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G. †Barornis Marsh 1894
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†Barornis regens Marsh 1894
G. †Diatryma Cope 1876
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†Diatryma ajax Shufeldt 1913
†Diatryma gigantea Cope 1876
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Invalid names: Diatryma steini Matthew and Granger 1917 [synonym], Omorhamphus storchii Sinclair 1928 [synonym]
†Diatryma sarasini Schaub 1929
Invalid names: Omorhamphus Sinclair 1928 [synonym]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantuc
Diet: herbivoreuc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:01
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:01
Source: o = order, uc = unranked clade
References: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Diatryma gigantea (15536 85439 85440 85441 85442 85443 85444) Diatryma sp. (46674 46685 46803 46809) Diatryma steini (85438) Omorhamphus storchii (74626)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Diatryma geiselensis (44999 45002)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) Diatryma regens (88090)