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Macrodontopteryx oweni

Osteichthyes - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Macrodontopteryx oweni was named by Harrison and Walker (1976). Its type specimen is BMNH A 1, a skull (skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dasornis toliapica by Bourdon et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Macrodontopteryx oweni Harrison and Walker p. 5 figs. Pls. 3, G-H, 4 Figs. 6-10
1977Macrodontopteryx oweni Harrison and Walker p. 15
2002Macrodontopteryx oweni Mlikovsky p. 82
2008Macrodontopteryx oweni Mayr p. 1114
2010Macrodontopteryx oweni Mayr and Smith p. 366

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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
orderOdontopterygiformesHoward 1957
familyPelagornithidaeFürbringer 1888
genusMacrodontopteryx
speciesoweni

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.

†Macrodontopteryx oweni Harrison and Walker 1976
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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: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:43
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Macrodontopteryx oweni (type locality: 13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Macrodontopteryx oweni (215472)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium Macrodontopteryx oweni (124457 124685)