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Limnofregata hasegawai

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Fregatidae

Taxonomy
Limnofregata hasegawai was named by Olson and Matsuoka (2005). Its type specimen is GMNH PV 170, a partial skeleton (skull and mandible with quadrates, lacrimáis, palatines, atlas, axis, and cervical vertebrae 3-7), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lewis Ranch Site 2, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Limnofregata hasegawai Olson and Matsuoka p. 6 figs. Figs. 5-7

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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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyFregatidaeGarrod 1874
genusLimnofregata
specieshasegawai

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.

†Limnofregata hasegawai Olson and Matsuoka 2005
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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, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Limnofregata hasegawai (type locality: 15664 15853 85026)