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Phasmagyps patritus

Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Taxonomy
Phasmagyps patritus was named by Wetmore (1927). Its type specimen is Denver Mus. Nat. Hist. 804, a limb element (distal right tibiotarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trigonias Quarry, which is in a Chadronian fluvial-lacustrine volcaniclastic in the Chadron Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Phasmagyps.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore
1930Phasmagyps patritus Hay p. 312
1933Phasmagyps patritus Lambrecht p. 395
1940Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore p. 30
1956Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore p. 36

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
subfamilyVulturinae(Illiger 1811)
genusPhasmagyps
speciespatritus

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.

†Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore 1927
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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: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Phasmagyps patritus (type locality: 99642)