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Vegaviidae

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes

Taxonomy
Vegaviidae was named by Agnolín et al. (2017).

It was reranked as the family Vegaviidae by Worthy et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Vegaviiformes by Worthy et al. (2017); to Ornithurae by McLachlan et al. (2017); and to Anseriformes by Agnolín et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Vegaviidae Agnolín et al.
2017Vegaviidae McLachlan et al. p. 3
2017Vegaviidae 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
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
Vegaviidae
Vegaviidae

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.

Unr. †Vegaviidae Agnolín et al. 2017
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G. †Australornis Mayr and Scofield 2014
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Australornis lovei Mayr and Scofield 2014
G. †Maaqwi McLachlan et al. 2017
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Maaqwi cascadensis McLachlan et al. 2017
G. †Neogaeornis Lambrecht 1929
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Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht 1929
G. †Polarornis Chatterjee 2002
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Polarornis gregorii Chatterjee 2002
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: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:27:52
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:27:52
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 83.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Colombia) Maaqwi cascadensis (191629)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Aves indet. (13106) Polarornis gregorii (233507)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile (Concepcíon) Neogaeornis wetzeli (13309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Polarornis gregorii (131860)
Maastrichtian - Paleocene72.2 - 56.0New Zealand (Canterbury) Aves indet. (189281)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand Australornis lovei (68822)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand (South Island) Phaethontiformes indet. (175680)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Chile Neornithes indet. (64832)