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Rhegminornithidae

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Rhegminornithidae

Taxonomy

Rhegminornithidae was named by Wetmore (1943).

It was assigned to Charadriiformes by Wetmore (1943); and to Charadrioidea by Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960).

Subtaxa

Rhegminornis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1943	Rhegminornithidae Wetmore p. 60
1956	Rhegminornithidae Wetmore p. 69
1960	Rhegminornithidae Wetmore p. 28

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
order	Charadriiformes	Huxley 1867
suborder	Limicolae
infraorder	Charadriides
superfamily	Charadrioidea
family	Rhegminornithidae
family	Rhegminornithidae

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.

Fm. †Rhegminornithidae Wetmore 1943

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G. †Rhegminornis Wetmore 1943

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†Rhegminornis calobates Wetmore 1943

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, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian	18.5 - 16.3	USA (Florida)	Rhegminornis calobates (18597)