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Anomalopteryx

Reptilia - Dinornithiformes - Emeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Anomalopteryx Reichenbach
1933Anomalopteryx Lambrecht p. 143
1960Anomalopteryx Wetmore p. 24
1988Anomalopteryx Carroll
1997Anomalopteryx Worthy p. 95
2009Anomalopteryx Bunce et al.

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
—Ratitae(Merrem 1813)
superorderApterygimorphae
orderDinornithiformes
familyEmeidae
genusAnomalopteryxReichenbach 1853

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. †Anomalopteryx Reichenbach 1853
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†Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton 1892
†Anomalopteryx curtus Owen 1847
†Anomalopteryx parvus Owen 1883
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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0New Zealand A. didiformis (182839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand A. didiformis (182103 182833 182838)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) A. casuarina (215553) A. didiformis (215392 215405 215409)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand A. didiformis (181849 182106)