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Prophaethontidae

Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Prophaethontidae

Taxonomy
Prophaethontidae was named by Harrison and Walker (1976). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phaethontes by Olson (1985) and Carroll (1988); to Pelecaniformes by Mayr and Smith (2002); to Pelecaniformes by Mayr (2005); and to Phaethontiformes by Bourdon et al. (2005) and Mayr (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Prophaethontidae Harrison and Walker
1985Prophaethontidae Olson p. 193
1988Prophaethontidae Carroll
2002Prophaethontidae Mayr and Smith p. 136
2005Prophaethontidae Bourdon et al. p. 167
2005Prophaethontidae Mayr p. 318
2015Prophaethontidae Mayr p. 55

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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
orderPhaethontiformes(Sharpe 1891)
familyProphaethontidaeHarrison and Walker 1976
familyProphaethontidaeHarrison and Walker 1976

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. †Prophaethontidae Harrison and Walker 1976
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G. †Lithoptila Bourdon 2005
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†Lithoptila abdounensis Bourdon 2005
G. †Prophaethon Andrews 1899
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†Prophaethon shrubsolei Andrews 1899
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Lutetian or 58.70000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Morocco Lithoptila abdounensis (214848)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco Lithoptila abdounensis (86295)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Prophaethon sp. (109023)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Lithoptila abdounensis (214840)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (West Flanders) Prophaethon sp. (68430)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Prophaethon shrubsolei (85229 215472)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium (Vlaams-Brabant) Prophaethontidae indet. (38719)