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Pediohierax ramenta

Osteichthyes - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Falco ramenta was named by Wetmore (1936). Its type specimen is USNM 13898, a limb element (distal end of right tarsometatarsus), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Observation Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.

It was recombined as Falco (Tinnunculus) ramenta by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Pediohierax ramenta by Becker (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Falco ramenta Wetmore
1940Falco (Tinnunculus) ramenta Wetmore p. 41
1956Falco (Tinnunculus) ramenta Wetmore p. 50
1987Pediohierax ramenta Becker p. 270

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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
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyFalconinaeVigors 1824
genusPediohierax
speciesramenta(Wetmore 1936)

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.

†Pediohierax ramenta Wetmore 1936
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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: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:37
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Pediohierax ramenta (18001)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Pediohierax ramenta (17880 17905 type locality: 17976)