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Primotrogon wintersteini

Reptilia - Trogoniformes - Trogonidae

Taxonomy
Primotrogon wintersteini was named by Mayr (1999). Its type specimen is BSP 1997 I 38, a partial skeleton (slightly disintegrated incomplete skeleton with feather impressions), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Céreste, which is in a MP 22/MP 24 lacustrine - small carbonate in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Primotrogon wintersteini Mayr p. 428
2002Primotrogon wintersteini Mlikovsky p. 226

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Trogones
superorderTrogonomorphae
orderTrogoniformesWetmore and Miller 1926
familyTrogonidaeLesson 1828
genusPrimotrogon
specieswintersteini

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.

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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:36:23
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:43:22
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the MP 22 to the top of the MP 24 or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 22 - MP 2433.9 - 28.4France Primotrogon wintersteini (type locality: 74638)