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Dasornis toliapica

Osteichthyes - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Odontopteryx toliapica was named by Owen (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Dasornis toliapica by Bourdon et al. (2010), Bourdon and Cappetta (2012), Cenizo et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. taliapica, D. tolapica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Odontopteryx toliapica Owen
1933Odontopteryx toliapica Lambrecht p. 304
1934Odontopteryx toliapica Swinton p. 2
1960Odontopteryx toliapica Wetmore p. 8
1976Odontopteryx toliapica Harrison and Walker p. 7
1977Neptuniavis minor Harrison and Walker p. 11 figs. Plate 1, F-J
1977Odontopteryx toliapica Harrison and Walker p. 12
1985Odontopteryx toliapica Olson p. 196
2002Neptuniavis minor Mlikovsky p. 78
2002Odontopteryx toliapica Mlikovsky p. 81
2005Odontopteryx toliapica Bourdon p. 587
2008Odontopteryx toliapica Mayr p. 1114
2010Dasornis toliapica Bourdon et al. p. 5
2011Odontopteryx toliapica Mayr and Zvonok p. 1351
2012Dasornis toliapica Bourdon and Cappetta p. 965
2015Dasornis toliapica Cenizo et al. p. 10 figs. Figure 7

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderOdontopterygiformesHoward 1957
familyPelagornithidaeFürbringer 1888
genusDasornisOwen 1870
speciestoliapica(Owen 1873)

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.

†Dasornis toliapica Owen 1873
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Invalid names: Neptuniavis minor Harrison and Walker 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Bourdon et al. 2010Albatross-sized odontopterygiform with a wingspan of 2 to 3 m; differs from Dasornis emuinus in the following features: much smaller size; cranium, sutura frontoparietalis less pronounced, forming barely distinguishable groove; lamina parasphenoidalis caudorostrally longer; caudal extension of cotyla quadratica otici shorter and not twisted ventrally; foramen pneumaticum dorsale larger; laterosphenoid hollow square in shape, bounded medially by conspicuous prominentia lobi optici; tibiotarsus with shorter sulcus musculi fibularis.
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: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) Dasornis toliapica (77353)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Odontopteryx toliapica, Neptuniavis minor (215472)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Odontopteryx toliapica (type locality: 13299)