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Psilopterus intermedius

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Taxonomy
Psilopterus intermedius was named by Moreno and Mercerat (1891). Its type specimen is Museo de La Plata and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Cruz Formation, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Pelecyornis intermedius by Lambrecht (1933); it was synonymized subjectively with Psilopterus bachmanni by Alvarenga and Holfing (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Psilopterus intermedius Moreno and Mercerat p. 26
1933Pelecyornis intermedius Lambrecht p. 506

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
familyPhorusrhacidae()
subfamilyPsilopterinae(Dolgopol de Saez 1927)
genusPsilopterus
speciesintermedius

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.

†Psilopterus intermedius Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:06:43
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:06:43
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Witmer and Rose 1991

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Psilopterus intermedius (type locality: 27313)