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Chendytes lawi (Law's diving-goose)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Chendytes lawi was named by Miller (1925). Its type specimen is UCMP 27001, a set of limb elements (tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Monica, north, which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the San Pedro Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Chendytes lawi Miller
1933Chendytes lawi Lambrecht p. 372
1936Chendytes lawi Howard p. 212
1940Chendytes lawi Wetmore p. 28
1942Chendytes lawi Miller and DeMay p. 89
1956Chendytes lawi Wetmore p. 33
1964Chendytes lawi Brodkorb p. 331
1972Chendytes lawi Howard p. 11
1976Chendytes lawi Morejohn p. 207 fig. 1
1992Chendytes lawi Guthrie p. 322

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
genusChendytes
specieslawi

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.

†Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 [Law's diving-goose]
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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 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.21000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Chendytes lawi (176094 176095 176097 176098 176099 176101)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Chendytes lawi (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Chendytes lawi (194882)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Chendytes lawi (81921 176091)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Chendytes lawi (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) Chendytes lawi (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chendytes lawi (20585 20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chendytes lawi (59063 120826 120827 120829 120830 123918 125234 125235 125236 125237 type locality: 127154 176102)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Chendytes lawi (194880 194881 194883)