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Avipeda

Osteichthyes - Avipedidae

Taxonomy
Avipeda was named by Vialov (1965). It is the type genus of Avipedidae.

It was assigned to Avipedidae by Buckley et al. (2016); and to Aves by Cónsole-Gonella et al. (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Avipeda Vialov
2016Avipeda Buckley et al. p. 261
2017Avipeda Cónsole-Gonella et al. p. 338

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
familyAvipedidaeSarjeant and Langston 1994
genusAvipedaVialov 1965

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. †Avipeda Vialov 1965
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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, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 72.20000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Jujuy) A. sp. (219388)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Hungary Avipeda indet. (39213)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) A. sp. A, A. sp. B, A. sp. C, A. sp. D, A. sp. E (61481)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Turkmenistan A. gaurlensis, A. istchenkovi (39211)