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Pelagornis longirostris

Osteichthyes - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Odontopteryx longirostris was named by Spulski (1910).

It was recombined as Pseudodontornis longirostris by Spulski (1910), Lambrecht (1933), Hopson (1964), Harrison and Walker (1976), Mlikovsky (2002); it was recombined as Pelagornis longirostris by Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Odontopteryx longirostris Spulski
1910Pseudodontornis longirostris Spulski
1933Pseudodontornis longirostris Lambrecht p. 305
1964Pseudodontornis longirostris Hopson p. 4
1976Pseudodontornis longirostris Harrison and Walker p. 15
2002Pseudodontornis longirostris Mlikovsky p. 82
2010Pelagornis longirostris Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers p. 1326

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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
specieslongirostris(Spulski 1910)

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 longirostris Spulski 1910
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (South Carolina) Pseudodontornis longirostris (58453)