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Oligocorax stoeffelensis

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Borvocarbo stoeffelensis was named by Mayr (2007). Its type specimen is PW 2005/5022-LS, a partial skeleton (dissociated skeleton lacking some vertebrae, the pelvis, and most of the left foot), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Enspel, which is in a MP 28 crater lake shale/tuff in the Enspel Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Oligocorax stoeffelensis by Mayr (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Mayr p. 931 figs. Fig. 1–7
2009Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Mayr p. 66
2010Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Göhlich and Mourer-Cauvire p. 62 figs. Table 1
2015Oligocorax stoeffelensis Mayr p. 88

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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
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyPhalacrocoracidaeReichenbach 1850
genusOligocorax
speciesstoeffelensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Mayr 2015Oligocorax stoeffelensis is smaller than O. littoralis, from which it is also distinguished by the presence of a well-developed sulcus for musculus abductor digiti IV immediately lateral of the hypotarsus (Fig. 6c, d).
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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: MP 28 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Borvocarbo stoeffelensis (type locality: 71942)