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Mycteria wetmorei

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Mycteria wetmorei was named by Howard (1935). Its type specimen is LACM K3528, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Mycteria wetmorei Howard
1940Mycteria wetmorei Wetmore p. 18
1942Mycteria wetmorei Miller and DeMay p. 81
1956Mycteria wetmorei Wetmore p. 22
1969Mycteria wetmorei Howard p. 7
1972Mycteria wetmorei Howard p. 8
1991Mycteria wetmorei Olson

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusMycteriaLinnaeus 1758
specieswetmorei

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.

†Mycteria wetmorei Howard 1935
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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: 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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Mycteria wetmorei (152870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mycteria wetmorei (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Mycteria wetmorei (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mycteria wetmorei (154773)