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Gavia pusilla

Reptilia - Gaviidae

Taxonomy
Gavia pusilla was named by Shufeldt (1915). Its type specimen is YPM 864, a limb element (carpometacarpus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Gaviella pusilla by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Gavia pusilla Shufeldt p. 70
1930Gavia pusilla Hay p. 284
1933Gavia pusilla Lambrecht p. 263
1940Gaviella pusilla Wetmore p. 6
1956Gaviella pusilla Wetmore p. 8

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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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Gaviiformes(Wetmore and Miller 1926)
familyGaviidaeAllen 1897
genusGaviaForster 1788
speciespusilla

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.

†Gavia pusilla Shufeldt 1915
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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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Orellan or 33.90000 to 31.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) Gavia pusilla (17134)