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Dunstanetta johnstoneorum

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Dunstanetta johnstoneorum was named by Worthy et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MNZ S41007, a limb element (left distal humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Home Hills Station, Site 2c (HH2c), which is in an Altonian lacustrine - large sandstone in the Bannockburn Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Dunstanetta johnstoneorum Worthy et al. p. 17 figs. FIgs. 7C, 8C, 9E
2008Dunstanetta johnstoneorum Worthy and Lee p. 702
2012Dunstanetta johnstoneorum Zelenkov p. 526

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyOxyurinae
genusDunstanetta
speciesjohnstoneorum

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.

†Dunstanetta johnstoneorum Worthy et al. 2007
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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: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range: Altonian or 18.70000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Dunstanetta johnstoneorum (type locality: 126290)