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Miomancalla wetmorei

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Praemancalla wetmorei was named by Howard (1976). Its type specimen is LACM 42653, a limb element (humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laguna Niguel, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone/shale in the Monterey Formation of California.

It was recombined as Miomancalla wetmorei by Smith (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Praemancalla wetmorei Howard
1978Praemancalla wetmorei Howard p. 22
1982Praemancalla wetmorei Howard p. 7
2011Miomancalla wetmorei Smith p. 21

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
superfamilyAlcoidae(Stejneger 1885)
familyAlcidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyMancallinae()
genusMiomancalla
specieswetmorei()

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.

†Miomancalla wetmorei Howard 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: 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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Praemancalla wetmorei (type locality: 13300 50069)