Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Palaeospiza bella

Osteichthyes - Coliiformes

Taxonomy
Palaeospiza bella was named by Allen (1878). Its type specimen is MCZ 342222, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. It is the type species of Palaeospiza.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Palaeospiza bella Allen
1902Palaeospiza bella Hay p. 537
1930Palaeospiza bella Hay p. 359
1933Palaeospiza bella Lambrecht p. 635
1940Palaeospiza bella Wetmore p. 71
1956Palaeospiza bella Wetmore p. 91

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Trogones
superorderTrogonomorphae
orderColiiformesMurie 1872
genusPalaeospiza
speciesbella

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.

†Palaeospiza bella Allen 1878
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatites
Entire body: yess
Adult length: 100 to < 1000s
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretions
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrials
Locomotion: actively mobiles
Life habit: volants
Diet: omnivores
Vision: well-developeds
Reproduction: oviparouss
Dispersal: direct/internals
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2011-07-09 10:33:10
Modified: 2011-07-08 19:33:10
Source: s = species, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Ksepka and Clarke 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Palaeospiza bella (112320)