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Protopelicanus

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes

Taxonomy

Protopelicanus was named by Reichenbach (1852).

It was assigned to Phalacrocoracinae by Reichenbach (1852); to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1985); and to Pelecanidae by Lambrecht (1933), Brunet (1970), Carroll (1988).

Species

P. cuvierii

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1852	Protopelicanus Reichenbach p. VI
1933	Protopelecanus Lambrecht p. 280
1970	Protopelicanus Brunet p. 11
1985	Protopelicanus Olson p. 202
1988	Protopelicanus Carroll

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	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	Pelecaniformes	Sharpe 1891
genus	Protopelicanus

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. †Protopelicanus Reichenbach 1852

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†Protopelicanus cuvierii Reichenbach 1852

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, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Ile-de-France Region)	P. cuvierii (31739)