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Limnofregata

Reptilia - Suliformes - Fregatidae

Taxonomy

Limnofregata was named by Olson (1977). Its type is Limnofregata azygosternon.

It was assigned to Limnofregatinae by Olson (1977), Olson and Matsuoka (2005); to Limnofregatidae by Weidig (2010); and to Fregatidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Mayr (2009), Stidham (2015).

Species

L. azygosternon (type species), L. hasegawai, L. hutchisoni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1977	Limnofregata Olson p. 2
1985	Limnofregata Olson p. 201
1988	Limnofregata Carroll
2005	Limnofregata Olson and Matsuoka p. 2
2009	Limnofregata Mayr p. 63
2010	Limnofregata Weidig
2015	Limnofregata Stidham

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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Aequornithes
—	Feraequornithes
superorder	Pelecanimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Suliformes	Sharpe 1891
family	Fregatidae	Garrod 1874
genus	Limnofregata

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. †Limnofregata Olson 1977

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†Limnofregata azygosternon Olson 1977

†Limnofregata hasegawai Olson and Matsuoka 2005

†Limnofregata hutchisoni Stidham 2015

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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Wyoming)	L. azygosternon (215623)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Virginia)	L. sp. (15595)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Wyoming)	L. azygosternon (85192 85193) L. azygosternon, L. hasegawai (15664 85026) L. hasegawai (15853) L. hutchisoni (168323)