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Geranoides

Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Geranoididae

Taxonomy

Geranoides was named by Wetmore (1933).

It was assigned to Gruoidea by Wetmore (1940); and to Geranoididae by Wetmore (1933), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988), Mayr (2022).

Species

G. jepseni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Geranoides Wetmore p. 115
1940	Geranoides Wetmore p. 48
1956	Geranoides Wetmore p. 58
1960	Geranoides Wetmore p. 26
1988	Geranoides Carroll
2022	Geranoides Mayr p. 38 figs. Fig. 3.4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
superorder	Palaeognathae	Pycraft 1900
order	Struthioniformes	Latham 1790
family	Geranoididae
genus	Geranoides

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. †Geranoides Wetmore 1933

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†Geranoides jepseni Wetmore 1933

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:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 19:08:40

Modified:

2009-01-03 21:08:40

Source: o = order

References: Witmer and Rose 1991, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Wyoming)	G. jepseni (74618)