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Amphipelargus

Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Ergilornithidae

Taxonomy
Amphipelargus was named by Lydekker (1891). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ciconiidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Eogruidae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Ergilornithidae by Carroll (1988), Mayr (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Amphipelargus Lydekker
1908Urmiornis Mecquenem
1933Amphipelargus Lambrecht p. 323
1933Urmiornis Lambrecht p. 521
1988Amphipelargus Carroll
2002Amphipelargus Mlikovsky p. 97
2022Amphipelargus Mayr p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
orderStruthioniformesLatham 1790
familyErgilornithidaeKozlova 1960
genusAmphipelargusLydekker 1891

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. †Amphipelargus Lydekker 1891
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†Amphipelargus majori Lydekker 1891
Invalid names: Urmiornis Mecquenem 1908 [synonym]
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, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Moldova Urmiornis sp. (60271)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine Urmiornis sp. (75800)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Makedonia Thraki) A. sp. (157582)