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Marplesornis novaezealandiae

Reptilia - Theropoda - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae was named by Marples (1960). Its type specimen is CM 16527, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Motunau, which is in a Nukumaruan coastal mudstone in the Greta Siltstone Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Marplesornis novaezealandiae by Simpson (1972), Fordyce (1982), Fordyce (1991) and Ksepka and Bertelli (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae Marples p. 194
1964Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae Brodkorb p. 203
1972Marplesornis novaezealandiae Simpson
1982Marplesornis novaezealandiae Fordyce p. 666
1991Marplesornis novaezealandiae Fordyce p. 1177
2006Marplesornis novaezealandiae Ksepka and Bertelli p. 389

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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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
familySpheniscidaeBonaparte 1831
genusMarplesornis
speciesnovaezealandiae()

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: 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, Benton 1983

Age range: Nukumaruan or 2.40000 to 1.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae (type locality: 74757)