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Gallinuloides wyomingensis

Reptilia - Gallinuloididae

Taxonomy
Gallinuloides wyomingensis was named by Eastman (1900). Its type specimen is MCZ 342221, a skeleton (complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 18-inch-layer, F1-locality, which is in a Lostcabinian lacustrine - large limestone in the Green River Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Gallinuloides.

It was recombined as Palaeobonasa wyomingensis by Shufeldt (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Gallinuloides wyomingensis Eastman
1902Gallinuloides wyomingensis Hay p. 535
1915Palaeobonasa wyomingensis Shufeldt
1915Gallinuloides wyomingensis Shufeldt p. 40
1930Gallinuloides wyomingensis Hay p. 325
1933Gallinuloides wyomingensis Lambrecht p. 429
1940Gallinuloides wyomingensis Wetmore p. 42
1956Gallinuloides wyomingensis Wetmore p. 51
2004Gallinuloides wyomingensis Mayr and Weidig p. 213
2009Gallinuloides wyomingensis Mayr p. 36

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyGallinuloididaeLucas 1900
genusGallinuloidesEastman 1900
specieswyomingensisEastman 1900

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: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:19
Source: o = order
References: Livezey 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: Lostcabinian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Gallinuloides wyomingensis (type locality: 187019)