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Cimolopterygidae

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Cimolopterygidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb p. 64
1972Cimolopterygidae Cracraft p. 45
1988Cimolopterygidae 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyCimolopterygidae
familyCimolopterygidae

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.

Fm. †Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb 1963
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G. †Ceramornis Brodkorb 1963
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†Ceramornis major Brodkorb 1963
G. †Cimolopteryx Marsh 1889
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†Cimolopteryx maxima Brodkorb 1963
†Cimolopteryx rara Marsh 1889
G. †Lamarqueavis Agnolin 2010
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†Lamarqueavis australis Agnolin 2010
†Lamarqueavis minima Brodkorb 1963
†Lamarqueavis petra Hope 2002
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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Lancian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Cimolopteryx sp. (210574)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Cimolopterygidae indet., Lamarqueavis australis (48999)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimolopteryx sp. (14558)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Cimolopteryx maxima (14517)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolopteryx maxima, Cimolopteryx petra (14519) Cimolopteryx minima (14565)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolopteryx sp., Cimolopteryx rara, Ceramornis major (14585)