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Diatrymiformes

Reptilia - Diatrymiformes

Taxonomy

Diatrymae was named by Matthew and Granger (1917).

It was corrected as Diatrymiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988), Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Euornithes by Matthew and Granger (1917); to Neognathae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988); and to Galloanserimorphae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa

Diatrymidae, Macrornis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Diatrymae Matthew and Granger p. 321
1940	Diatrymiformes Wetmore p. 55
1960	Diatrymiformes Wetmore p. 27
1988	Diatrymiformes Carroll
2007	Diatrymiformes Livezey and Zusi p. 90

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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)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Pangalloanserae	Gauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—	Galloanserae	Sibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorder	Galloanserimorphae
order	Diatrymiformes	()
order	Diatrymiformes	()

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.

Or. †Diatrymiformes Matthew and Granger 1917

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Fm. †Diatrymidae Shufeldt 1913

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G. †Barornis Marsh 1894

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†Barornis regens Marsh 1894

G. †Diatryma Cope 1876

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†Diatryma ajax Shufeldt 1913

†Diatryma gigantea Cope 1876

Invalid names: Diatryma steini Matthew and Granger 1917 [synonym], Omorhamphus storchii Sinclair 1928 [synonym]

†Diatryma sarasini Schaub 1929

Invalid names: Omorhamphus Sinclair 1928 [synonym]

G. †Macrornis Seeley 1866

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†Macrornis tanaupus Seeley 1866

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:

volantuc

Diet:

herbivoreuc

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:08:01

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:08:01

Source: o = order, uc = unranked clade

References: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 54.90000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Wyoming)	Diatryma gigantea (15536 85439 85440 85441 85442 85443 85444) Diatryma sp. (46674 46685 46803 46809) Diatryma steini (85438) Diatrymiformes indet. (74619) Omorhamphus storchii (74626)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)	Diatryma geiselensis (44999 45002)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	USA (New Jersey)	Diatryma regens (88090)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Macrornis tanaupus (181272)