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Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus

Osteichthyes - Fluvioviridavidae

Taxonomy
Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus was named by Mayr and Daniels (2001) [from "the Green River Formation": type was originally assigned to Prefica nivea by Olson (1987)]. Its type specimen is SMNK.PAL.2368a+b, a skeleton (nearly complete, slightly dissociated skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Tynsky Quarry, which is in a Wasatchian lacustrine - large limestone in the Green River Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Fluvioviridavis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus Mayr and Daniels
2005Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus Mayr p. 2021

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
familyFluvioviridavidae
genusFluvioviridavis
speciesplatyrhamphus

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.

†Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus Mayr and Daniels 2001
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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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus (type locality: 15853)