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Coragyps shastensis (vulture)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Cathartidae

Taxonomy
Catharista shastensis was named by Miller (1911). Its type specimen is UCMP 8603, a limb element (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Potter Creek Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in California.

It was recombined as Coragyps shastensis by Hay (1930) and Lambrecht (1933).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Catharista shastensis Miller pp. 388-389 fig. 1
1930Coragyps shastensis Hay p. 312
1933Coragyps shastensis Lambrecht p. 397
1940Catharista shastensis Wetmore p. 30

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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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusCoragypsGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853
speciesshastensis()

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.

†Coragyps shastensis Miller 1911 [vulture]
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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: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Catharista shastensis (74235 155409)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Catharista shastensis (type locality: 155393)