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Palaeoscinis turdirostris

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Palaeoscinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoscinis turdirostris was named by Howard (1957). Its type specimen is LACM 2604, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skeleton and outlines of a portion of the feathering of one wing, represented by impression and parts of actual bone on two flagstone slabs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tepusquet Creek, which is in a Miocene marine shale/limestone in the Monterey Formation of California. It is the type species of Palaeoscinis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Palaeoscinis turdirostris Howard p. 6 figs. Figures 1 and 2
1960Palaeoscinis turdirostris Wetmore p. 18

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
suborderPasseres
familyPalaeoscinidae
genusPalaeoscinis
speciesturdirostris

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Howard 1957Upper mandible long and slender with large, oval external nares; sternum with long, slender, upcurved manubrium, and short sternal notch bordered by broad posterior lateral process; blade of scapula broad; humerus lacking deep undercut below head; skeleton of leg (excluding toes) 90 per cent of length of wing skeleton, includ- ing phalanges I and 2 of alar digit 2; tarsometatarsus shorter than humerus or femur, and femur approximately% the length of tibiotarsus; ungual of first pedal digit very long; middle toe longest of pedal digits, first and fourth approximately identical in length, second digit shortest.
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, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Passeriformes indet. (type locality: 124690)