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Phocavis

Reptilia - Theropoda - Plotopteridae

Taxonomy
Phocavis was named by Goedert (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plotopteridae by Goedert (1988), Olson and Hasegawa (1996), Goedert and Cornish (2002), Sakurai et al. (2008), Mayr (2009), Dyke et al. (2011) and Kaiser et al. (2015).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Phocavis Goedert p. 98
1996Phocavis Olson and Hasegawa p. 742
2002Phocavis Goedert and Cornish p. 67
2002Phocavis Sepkoski
2008Phocavis Sakurai et al. p. 87
2009Phocavis Mayr p. 67
2011Phocavis Dyke et al. p. 2
2015Phocavis Kaiser et al. p. 8 figs. Table 1

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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()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyPlotopteridae
genusPhocavis

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.

G. Phocavis Goedert 1988
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Phocavis maritimus Goedert 1988
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: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:53
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) P. maritimus (75900)