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Megapaloelodus connectens

Osteichthyes - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae

Taxonomy
Megapaloelodus connectens was named by Miller (1944). Its type specimen is UCMP 37367, a limb element (distal right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flint Hill North, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Batesland Formation of South Dakota.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. goliath

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Megapaloelodus connectens Miller
1950Megapaloelodus connectens Miller p. 69
1956Megapaloelodus connectens Wetmore p. 24
1960Megapaloelodus connectens Wetmore p. 10
1972Megapaloelodus connectens Howard p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderPhoenicopteriformes
familyPalaelodidae(Stejneger 1885)
genusMegapaloelodus
speciesconnectens

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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Barstovian or 18.50000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) Megapaloelodus connectens (type locality: 17912)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Megapaloelodus connectens (74792)