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Apatornis celer

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Ichthyornis celer was named by Marsh (1873). Its type specimen is YPM 1451, a set of postcrania (synsacrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Butte Creek, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian carbonate chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Apatornis.

It was recombined as Apatornis celer by Marsh (1873), Marsh (1873), Marsh (1880), Zittel (1890), Hay (1902), Shufeldt (1915), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1971), Hope (2002), Clarke (2004), Carrano (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ichthyornis celer Marsh p. 74
1873Apatornis celer Marsh p. 117
1880Apatornis celer Marsh p. 152
1890Apatornis celer Zittel p. 835
1902Apatornis celer Hay p. 520
1915Apatornis celer Shufeldt p. 8
1930Apatornis celer Hay p. 282
1933Apatornis celer Lambrecht p. 585
1956Apatornis celer Wetmore p. 6
1971Apatornis celer Brodkorb p. 39
2002Apatornis celer Hope p. 370
2004Apatornis celer Clarke p. 46
2025Apatornis celer Carrano

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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
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
genusApatornis
speciesceler()

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.

†Apatornis celer Marsh 1873
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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 Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Ichthyornis celer (type locality: 85294)