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Buteogallus fragilis

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Geranoaetus fragilis was named by Miller (1911). Its type specimen is UCMP 12757, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Urubitinga fragilis by Howard (1932); it was recombined as Hypomorphnus fragilis by Wetmore (1940) and Miller and DeMay (1942); it was recombined as Buteogallus fragilis by Wetmore (1956) and Howard (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Geranoaetus fragilis Miller p. 315
1930Geranoaetus fragilis Hay p. 317
1932Urubitinga fragilis Howard
1933Geranoaetus fragilis Lambrecht p. 417
1940Hypomorphnus fragilis Wetmore p. 37
1942Hypomorphnus fragilis Miller and DeMay p. 99
1956Buteogallus fragilis Wetmore p. 45
1969Buteogallus fragilis Howard p. 7

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusButeogallusLesson 1830
speciesfragilis()

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.

†Buteogallus fragilis Miller 1911
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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 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Buteogallus fragilis (154721)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Buteogallus fragilis (152008 161536) Urubitinga fragilis (192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Buteogallus fragilis (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Hypomorphnus fragilis (190077 218989)