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Rhynchaeites
Taxonomy
Rhynchaeites was named by Wittich (1898). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Rostratulidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Plataleidae by Carroll (1988); to Threskiornithidae by Peters (1983), Mlikovsky (2002); and to Rhynchaeitinae by Mayr and Kitchener (2023).
It was assigned to Rostratulidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Plataleidae by Carroll (1988); to Threskiornithidae by Peters (1983), Mlikovsky (2002); and to Rhynchaeitinae by Mayr and Kitchener (2023).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1898 | Rhynchaeites Wittich p. 103 figs. 1-17 |
| 1933 | Rhynchaeites Lambrecht p. 531 |
| 1980 | Plumumida Hoch |
| 1983 | Rhynchaeites Peters pp. 1-4, 6-19 figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9-11 |
| 1988 | Rhynchaeites Carroll |
| 2002 | Rhynchaeites Mlikovsky p. 91 |
| 2023 | Rhynchaeites Mayr and Kitchener p. 427 |
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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. †Rhynchaeites Wittich 1898
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†Rhynchaeites litoralis Mayr and Kitchener 2023
†Rhynchaeites messelensis Wittich 1898
Invalid names: Plumumida Hoch 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2023 | (1) Beak long, slender, and schizorhi- nal, tip slightly decurved, and proximal portion of maxilla dorsoventrally deep; (2) palate schizognathous; (3) at least three thoracic vertebrae co-ossified to form a notarium; (4) unfused thoracic vertebra with large pneumatic openings on the lateral surfaces of its corpus; (5) coracoid with deeply excavated, cup-like cotyla scapularis and short processus acrocoracoideus; (6) sternum with deep incisura medialis and wide trabecula mediana; (7) carpometacarpus with long symphysis metacarpalis distalis; (8) ilium not co-ossified with crista spinosa synsacri; (9) tarsometatarsus shorter than femur. |
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Terborgh et al. 1990 | |||||