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Cimolopteryx rara

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Cimolopterygidae

Taxonomy
Cimolopteryx rarus was named by Marsh (1889). It is the type species of Cimolopteryx.

It was corrected as Cimolopteryx rara by Shufeldt (1915), Lambrecht (1933), Brodkorb (1963), Hope (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cimolopteryx rarus Marsh
1892Cimolopteryx rarus Marsh
1902Cimolopteryx rarus Hay p. 537
1915Cimolopteryx rara Shufeldt p. 11
1930Cimolopteryx rarus Hay p. 359
1933Cimolopteryx rara Lambrecht p. 586
1956Cimolopteryx rarus Wetmore p. 102
1963Cimolopteryx rara Brodkorb p. 64
2002Cimolopteryx rara Hope p. 361

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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
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyCimolopterygidae
genusCimolopteryxMarsh 1889
speciesrara(Marsh 1889)

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.

†Cimolopteryx rara Marsh 1889
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolopteryx rara (14585)