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Breagyps clarki

Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Taxonomy
Sarcorhamphus clarki was named by Miller (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 12588, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Vultur clarki by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933); it was recombined as Breagyps clarki by Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Sarcorhamphus clarki Miller p. 11
1930Vultur clarki Hay p. 313
1933Vultur clarki Lambrecht p. 396
1940Breagyps clarki Wetmore p. 31
1942Breagyps clarki Miller and DeMay p. 93
1956Breagyps clarki Wetmore p. 37
1969Breagyps clarki Howard p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusBreagypsMiller 1938
speciesclarki()

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.

†Breagyps clarki Miller 1910
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:31:16
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:31:16
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Breagyps clarki (152008 161536)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Breagyps clarki (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Breagyps clarki (192627)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Breagyps clarki (190077)