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Chionoidea

Reptilia - Charadriiformes

Taxonomy
Chionoidea was named by Lesson (1828). It is extant.

It was assigned to Charadrii by De Pietri et al. (2016), Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Subtaxa
Chionoides, Neilus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Chionoidea Lesson
2016Chionoidea De Pietri et al.
2020Chionoidea Worthy and Nguyen p. 93

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderCharadriiHuxley 1867
superfamilyChionoideaLesson 1828
superfamilyChionoideaLesson 1828

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.

Superfm. Chionoidea Lesson 1828
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G. †Chionoides De Pietri et al. 2016
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†Chionoides australiensis De Pietri et al. 2016
G. †Neilus De Pietri et al. 2016
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†Neilus sansomae De Pietri et al. 2016
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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Altonian or 27.30000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Chionoides australiensis (180775)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Neilus sansomae (73690 180772 180773 180774)