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Ludiortyx hoffmanni

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Tringa hoffmanni was named by Gervais (1852). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Plátrières de Pantin, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in France.

It was recombined as Palaeortyx hoffmanni by Lambrecht (1933); it was recombined as Eortyx hoffmanni by Brodkorb (1967); it was recombined as Ludiortyx hoffmanni by Brunet (1970), Olson (1977), Mlikovsky (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Tringa hoffmanni Gervais p. 229
1859Tringa hoffmanni Gervais p. 409
1933Palaeortyx hoffmanni Lambrecht p. 449
1967Eortyx hoffmanni Brodkorb p. 111
1970Ludiortyx hoffmanni Brunet p. 33
1977Ludiortyx hoffmanni Olson p. 343
2002Ludiortyx hoffmanni Mlikovsky p. 173

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyRallidaeVigors 1825
genusLudiortyxBrodkorb 1964
specieshoffmanni()

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.

†Ludiortyx hoffmanni Gervais 1852
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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

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France (Île-de-France) Tringa hoffmanni (type locality: 191085)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Ludiortyx hoffmanni (31739)