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Colymbiculus udovichenkoi

Osteichthyes - Gaviidae

Taxonomy
Colymbiculus udovichenkoi was named by Mayr and Zvonok (2011). Its type specimen is SMF Av 545, a limb element (left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ikovo, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in Ukraine. It is the type species of Colymbiculus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Colymbiculus udovichenkoi Mayr and Zvonok p. 1354

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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)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Gaviiformes(Wetmore and Miller 1926)
familyGaviidaeAllen 1897
genusColymbiculus
speciesudovichenkoi

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.

Colymbiculus udovichenkoi Mayr and Zvonok 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Mayr and E. A. Zvonok 2011Small loon, the size of Colymboides
minutus and ?C. metzleri. Distinguished from Colymboides
in the following plesiomorphic features: (1) distal end of
humerus with ventral portion more ventrally protruding
(Text-fig. 5F, H); (2) ulna with smaller tuberculum carpale
(Text-fig. 5M, P).
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine (Luhansk) Colymbiculus udovichenkoi (type locality: 120885)