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Osteodontornis orri

Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Osteodontornis orri was named by Howard (1957). Its type specimen is SBMNH 309, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tepusquet Creek, which is in a Miocene marine shale/limestone in the Monterey Formation of California. It is the type species of Osteodontornis.

It was recombined as Pelagornis orri by Mayr et al. (2007), Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers (2010), Cenizo et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Osteodontornis orri Howard p. 3
1960Osteodontornis orri Wetmore p. 8
1968Osteodontornis orri Howard p. 9
1972Osteodontornis orri Howard p. 5
1976Osteodontornis orri Harrison and Walker p. 20
1978Osteodontornis orri Howard p. 14 figs. Figure 3A-D
1985Osteodontornis orri Olson p. 194
2007Pelagornis orri Mayr et al. p. 926
2010Pelagornis orri Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers p. 1326
2015Pelagornis orri Cenizo et al. p. 10 figs. Figure 7

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderOdontopterygiformesHoward 1957
familyPelagornithidaeFürbringer 1888
genusOsteodontornis
speciesorri

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.

†Osteodontornis orri Howard 1957
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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, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.98000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Osteodontornis orri (59059)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Osteodontornis orri (46069 121152)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Osteodontornis orri (type locality: 124690)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Osteodontornis orri (13300 82517)