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Pikaihao bartlei

Osteichthyes - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

Taxonomy
Pikaihao bartlei was named by Worthy et al. (2013). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.53345, a limb element (Tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Site HH4, Home Hills Station (H41/f95), which is in an Altonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Bannockburn Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Pikaihao.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Pikaihao bartlei Worthy et al. p. 1335

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyArdeidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyBotaurinaeReichenbach 1850
genusPikaihao
speciesbartlei

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.

†Pikaihao bartlei Worthy et al. 2013
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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: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:51:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:51:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994, Kiessling 2004

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) Pikaihao bartlei (type locality: 175632)