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Anomalopteryx didiformis

Reptilia - Dinornithiformes - Emeidae

Taxonomy
Dinornis didiformis was named by Owen (1844).

It was recombined as Anomalopteryx didiformis by Lambrecht (1933), Milkovsky (1995), Worthy (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Dinornis didiformis Owen
1933Anomalopteryx didiformis Lambrecht p. 143
1995Anomalopteryx didiformis Milkovsky p. 314
1997Anomalopteryx didiformis Worthy p. 95

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
—Ratitae(Merrem 1813)
superorderApterygimorphae
orderDinornithiformes
familyEmeidae
genusAnomalopteryxReichenbach 1853
speciesdidiformis(Owen 1844)

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.

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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, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0New Zealand Anomalopteryx didiformis (182839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Anomalopteryx didiformis (182103 182833 182838)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Anomalopteryx didiformis (181849 182106)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Anomalopteryx didiformis (215392 215405 215409)