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Tydea
Taxonomy
Tydea was named by Mayr and Smith (2012). Its type is Tydea septentrionalis.
It was assigned to Diomedeidae by Mayr and Smith (2012).
It was assigned to Diomedeidae by Mayr and Smith (2012).
Species
T. septentrionalis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Tydea Mayr and Smith p. 89 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Mayr and T. Smith 2012 | Differs from Plotornis and crown group Diomedeidae in the smaller and more proximally directed processus supracondylaris dorsalis of the humerus (compare Fig. 2K, O); further differs from crown group Diomedeidae in that crista bicipitalis without marked cranial bulge (compare Fig. 2A, F), impressio ligamenti acrocoracohumeralis of coracoid more marked (Fig. 3H, J), and facies articularis humeralis of scapula proportionally larger and tuberculum coracoideum more prominent (Fig. 3L, M) |
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||