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Anchigyps voorhiesi

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Anchigyps voorhiesi was named by Zhang and Feduccia (2012). Its type specimen is UNSM 62877, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Orchard, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial ash in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Anchigyps.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Anchigyps voorhiesi Zhang and Feduccia p. e48842

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
subfamilyGypaetinaeVieillot 1816
genusAnchigyps
speciesvoorhiesi

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.

†Anchigyps voorhiesi Zhang and Feduccia 2012
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Anchigyps voorhiesi (18324 type locality: 152238)