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Cariama

Osteichthyes - Cariamiformes - Cariamidae

Taxonomy
Cariama was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant. Its type is Palamedea cristata.

It was assigned to Cariaminae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Noriega et al. (2009); and to Cariamidae by Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Clements et al. (2017).

Species
C. cristata, C. santacrucensis
Entered
by J. Zijlstra on 2016-02-18; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-04-08

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Cariama Brisson
1766Palamedea Linnaeus
1981Cariama Mourer-Chauviré p. 643
2005Cariama Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2
2009Cariama Noriega et al.
2017Cariama Clements et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCariamiformesFürbringer 1888
familyCariamidaeBonaparte 1853
genusCariamaBrisson 1760

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. Cariama Brisson 1760
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Cariama cristata Linnaeus 1766 [red-legged seriema]
†Cariama santacrucensis Noriega et al. 2009
Invalid names: Palamedea Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
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: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:41
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:41
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. santacrucensis (176602)