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Diatryma

Reptilia - Diatrymiformes - Diatrymidae

Taxonomy
Diatryma was named by Cope (1876). It is not extant. Its type is Diatryma gigantea. It is the type genus of Diatrymidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gastornis by Mlikovsky (2002).

It was assigned to Gastornithidae by Hay (1902); to Stereornithes by Lucas (1903); to Diatrymatidae by Hay (1930); and to Diatrymidae by Matthew and Granger (1917), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988).

Species
D. ajax, D. gigantea (syn. Omorhamphus storchii, D. steini) (type species), D. sarasini
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. geiselensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Diatryma Cope p. 11
1902Diatryma Hay p. 522
1903Diatryma Lucas p. 556
1917Diatryma Matthew and Granger p. 321
1928Omorhamphus Sinclair p. 52
1930Diatryma Hay p. 283
1930Omorhamphus Hay p. 283
1933Diatryma Lambrecht p. 567
1933Omorhamphus Lambrecht p. 570
1940Diatryma Wetmore p. 55
1940Omorhamphus Wetmore p. 55
1960Diatryma Wetmore p. 27
1988Diatryma Carroll
1988Omorhamphus Carroll

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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
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderDiatrymiformes()
familyDiatrymidaeShufeldt 1913
genusDiatryma

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. †Diatryma Cope 1876
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†Diatryma ajax Shufeldt 1913
†Diatryma gigantea Cope 1876
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Invalid names: Diatryma steini Matthew and Granger 1917 [synonym], Omorhamphus storchii Sinclair 1928 [synonym]
†Diatryma sarasini Schaub 1929
Invalid names: Omorhamphus Sinclair 1928 [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: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:12:41
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:12:41
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Witmer and Rose 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Lutetian or 54.90000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) D. gigantea (15536 85439 85440 85441 85442 85443 85444) D. sp. (46674 46685 46803 46809) D. steini (85438) Omorhamphus storchii (74626)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) D. geiselensis (44999 45002)