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Pachydyptes ponderosus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pachydyptes ponderosus was named by Oliver (1930). Its type specimen is DM 1450, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oamaru, which is in a Runangan coastal horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pachydyptes ponderosus Oliver p. 86
1933Pachydyptes ponderosus Lambrecht p. 238
1939Pachydyptes ponderosa Lowe p. 283
1946Pachydyptes ponderosus Simpson p. 41
1952Pachydyptes ponderosus Marples p. 36
1963Pachydyptes ponderosus Brodkorb p. 232
1971Pachydyptes ponderosus Simpson p. 347
1974Pachydyptes ponderosus Jenkins p. 293
1991Pachydyptes ponderosus Fordyce p. 1177
2009Pachydyptes ponderosus Mayr p. 71

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
genusPachydyptes
speciesponderosus

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.

†Pachydyptes ponderosus Oliver 1930
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Runangan or 36.70000 to 34.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand (South Island) Pachydyptes ponderosus (88071)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Pachydyptes ponderosus (74589)