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Sarcorhamphus fossilis

Osteichthyes - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Taxonomy
Sarcorhamphus fossilis 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 Lujan, which is in a Lujanian terrestrial horizon in the Lujan Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Sarcorhamphus fossilis Moreno and Mercerat p. 27
1933Sarcorhamphus fossilis Lambrecht p. 393

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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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusSarcorhamphusDumeril 1806
speciesfossilis

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.

†Sarcorhamphus fossilis 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: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:31:16
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:31:16
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Lujanian or 0.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Sarcorhamphus fossilis (type locality: 71303)