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Barawertornis

Reptilia - Dromornithiformes - Dromornithidae

Taxonomy

Barawertornis was named by Rich (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dromornithidae by Houde (1988), Worthy et al. (2016), Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Species

B. tedfordi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1979	Barawertornis Rich
1988	Barawertornis Houde
2016	Barawertornis Worthy et al. p. 18
2020	Barawertornis Worthy and Nguyen p. 73

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Pangalloanserae	Gauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—	Galloanserae	Sibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorder	Galloanserimorphae
order	Dromornithiformes	Fürbringer 1888
family	Dromornithidae	Fürbringer 1888
genus	Barawertornis	Rich 1979

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.

G. †Barawertornis Rich 1979

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†Barawertornis tedfordi Rich 1979

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:

volantuc

Diet:

herbivoreuc

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:08:01

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:08:01

Source: o = order, uc = unranked clade

References: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian	23.04 - 15.98	Australia (Queensland)	B. tedfordi (183096)