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Gastornithes

Osteichthyes - Gastornithiformes

Taxonomy
Gastornithes was named by Cope (1889).

It was reranked as the suborder Gastornithes by Worthy et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Dromaeognathae by Hay (1902); and to Gastornithiformes by Worthy et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Gastornithidae
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2019-08-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Gastornithes Cope
1902Gastornithes Hay p. 522
2017Gastornithes Worthy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
orderGastornithiformesStejneger 1885
suborderGastornithes(Cope 1889)
suborderGastornithes(Cope 1889)

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.

Subor. †Gastornithes Cope 1889
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Fm. †Gastornithidae Furbringer 1888
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G. †Gastornis Hébert 1855
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†Gastornis edwardsi Lemoine 1878
†Gastornis giganteus Cope 1876
†Gastornis laurenti Mourer-Chauviré and Bourdon 2020
†Gastornis minor Lemoine 1878
†Gastornis parisiensis Hébert 1855
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Invalid names: Gastornis edwardsii Lemoine 1878 [synonym], Gastornis klaasseni Newton 1885 [synonym]
†Gastornis russelli Martin 1992
G. †Zhongyuanus Hou 1980
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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: volantuc
Diet: herbivoreuc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:01
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:01
Source: o = order, uc = unranked clade
References: Livezey 1997, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Wasatchian or 61.66000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Belgium Gastornis sp. (68431)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) Gastornis sp. (74643)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0France (Oise) Gastornis sp. (166598)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Gastornis edwardsii (87925) Gastornis parisiensis, Gastornis minor, Gastornis russelli (68428) Gastornis sp. (180791)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1Canada (Nunavut) Gastornis sp. (163833)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Henan) Zhongyuanus xichuanensis (226909)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Île-de-France) Gastornis parisiensis (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Aude) Gastornis parisiensis, Gastornis laurenti (182641)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Gastornis klaasseni (184514)