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Palaeochenoides

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Cyphornithidae

Taxonomy
Palaeochenoides was named by Shufeldt (1916). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeochenoides miocaenus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudodontornis by Harrison and Walker (1976); it was synonymized subjectively with Pelagornis by Mayr et al. (2007).

It was assigned to Cyphornithidae by Wemore (1928), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Hopson (1964), Howard (1972); and to Pelagornithidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
P. miocaenus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Palaeochenoides Shufeldt
1928Palaeochenoides Wemore p. 4
1930Palaeochenoides Hay p. 291
1933Palaeochenoides Lambrecht p. 281
1940Palaeochenoides Wetmore p. 11
1956Palaeochenoides Wetmore p. 13
1960Palaeochenoides Wetmore p. 24
1964Palaeochenoides Hopson p. 8
1972Palaeochenoides Howard p. 5
1988Palaeochenoides 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
suborderSteganopodes
—Pelecani
superfamilyPelecanoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCyphornithidae
genusPalaeochenoidesShufeldt 1916

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. †Palaeochenoides Shufeldt 1916
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†Palaeochenoides miocaenus Schufeldt 1916
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 10:40:27
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:27
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) P. mioceanus (18506)