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Phoenicopterus copei

Osteichthyes - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae

Taxonomy
Phoenicopterus copei was named by Shufeldt (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Silver Lake, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Phoenicopterus copei Shufeldt p. 819
1902Phoenicopterus copei Hay p. 531
1930Phoenicopterus copei Hay p. 298
1933Phoenicopterus copei Lambrecht p. 345
1940Phoenicopterus copei Wetmore p. 19
1946Phoenicopterus copei Howard p. 157
1955Phoenicopterus copei Howard p. 202
1956Phoenicopterus copei Wetmore p. 23
1973Phoenicopterus copei Brodkorb and Phillips p. 438

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderPhoenicopteriformes
familyPhoenicopteridaeBonaparte 1838
genusPhoenicopterus
speciescopei

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.

†Phoenicopterus copei Shufeldt 1891
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Phoenicopterus copei (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Phoenicopterus copei (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Phoenicopterus copei (93251 type locality: 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Phoenicopterus copei (20273 192602)