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Paractiornis

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Glareolidae

Taxonomy

Paractiornis was named by Wetmore (1930).

It was assigned to Haematopodinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Haematopodidae by Wetmore (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Glareolidae by Olson and Steadman (1979), Carroll (1988).

Species

P. perpusillus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Paractiornis Wetmore p. 153
1933	Paractiornis Lambrecht p. 532
1940	Paractiornis Wetmore p. 56
1956	Paractiornis Wetmore p. 69
1979	Paractiornis Olson and Steadman p. 972
1988	Paractiornis Carroll

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
order	Charadriiformes	Huxley 1867
suborder	Lari	Sharpe 1891
family	Glareolidae	Brehm 1831
genus	Paractiornis

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. †Paractiornis Wetmore 1930

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†Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore 1930

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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Harrisonian or 23.10000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian	23.1 - 18.5	USA (Nebraska)	P. perpusillus (17741)