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Buteogallus (Wetmoregyps) daggetti

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Morphnus daggetti was named by Miller (1915). Its type specimen is LACM A-380, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Wetmoregyps daggetti by Hay (1930), Howard (1932), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Buteogallus (Wetmoregyps) daggetti by Steadman and Mead (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Morphnus daggetti Miller p. 180 figs. Fig. 63
1930Wetmoregyps daggetti Hay p. 317
1932Wetmoregyps daggetti Howard
1933Wetmoregyps daggetti Lambrecht p. 414
1940Wetmoregyps daggetti Wetmore p. 37
1942Wetmoregyps daggetti Miller and DeMay p. 100
1956Wetmoregyps daggetti Wetmore p. 45
2010Buteogallus (Wetmoregyps) daggetti Steadman and Mead p. 428

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusButeogallusLesson 1830
subgenusWetmoregyps(Miller 1928)
speciesdaggetti()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, 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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Wetmoregyps daggetti (161536)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Accipitridae indet. (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Wetmoregyps daggetti (190077 218989)