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Pelagornis miocaenus

Osteichthyes - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Pelagornis miocaenus was named by Lartet (1857).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pelagornis miocaenus Lartet
1859Pelagornis miocaenus Gervais p. 417
1933Pelagornis miocaenus Lambrecht p. 281
1976Pelagornis miocaenus Harrison and Walker p. 29
1985Pelagornis miocaenus Olson p. 197
2002Pelagornis miocaenus Mlikovsky p. 83
2007Pelagornis miocaenus Chavez et al. p. 179
2007Pelagornis miocaenus Mayr et al. p. 926
2008Pelagornis miocaenus Mayr et al. p. 764
2010Pelagornis miocaenus Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers p. 1326
2015Pelagornis miocaenus Cenizo et al. p. 10 figs. Figure 7

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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
orderOdontopterygiformesHoward 1957
familyPelagornithidaeFürbringer 1888
genusPelagornisLartet 1857
speciesmiocaenusLartet 1857

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.

†Pelagornis miocaenus Lartet 1857
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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: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:43
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Bordeaux) Pelagornis miocaenus (48660)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France (Gers) Pelagornis miocaenus (124693)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Portugal Pelagornis miocaenus (54171)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand (North Canterbury) Pelagornis miocaenus (124695)