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Pelagornis stirtoni

Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Pseudodontornis stirtoni was named by Howard and Warter (1969). Its type specimen is CM AV20569, a partial skull (partial skull and jows), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Motunau Beach, which is in a Piacenzian marine siltstone in the Greta Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Neodontornis stirtoni by Harrison and Walker (1976); it was recombined as Pelagornis stirtoni by Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers (2010) and Cenizo et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Pseudodontornis stirtoni Howard and Warter
1972Pseudodontornis stirtoni Howard p. 5
1976Neodontornis stirtoni Harrison and Walker p. 22
1985Pseudodontornis stirtoni Olson p. 199
2010Pelagornis stirtoni Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers p. 1326
2015Pelagornis stirtoni 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
genusPelagornisLartet 1857
speciesstirtoni()

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 stirtoni Howard and Warter 1969
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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: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588New Zealand Pseudodontornis stirtoni (176341)