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Pliogyps

Osteichthyes - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Taxonomy

Pliogyps was named by Tordoff (1959). It is not extant. Its type is Pliogyps fisheri.

It was assigned to Cathartidae by Tordoff (1959); and to Vulturidae by Carroll (1988).

Species

P. charon, P. fisheri (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1959	Pliogyps Tordoff
1988	Pliogyps 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
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
order	Cathartiformes	Coues 1884
family	Cathartidae	Lafresnaye 1839
genus	Pliogyps	Tordoff 1959

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. †Pliogyps Tordoff 1959

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†Pliogyps charon Becker 1986

†Pliogyps fisheri Tordoff 1959

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:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volantf

Diet:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 16:31:16

Modified:

2009-01-03 18:31:16

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Clarendonian to the top of the Blancan or 12.50000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Florida)	P. charon (18554)
Blancan	4.7 - 1.4	USA (Kansas)	P. fisheri (19936)