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Gargantuaviidae

Reptilia - Gargantuaviidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Gargantuaviidae Buffetaut and Angst
2020Gargantuaviidae Buffetaut and Angst
2020Gargantuaviidae Mayr et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
familyGargantuaviidae
familyGargantuaviidae

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.

Fm. †Gargantuaviidae Buffetaut and Angst 2019
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G. †Gargantuavis Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998
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†Gargantuavis philoinos Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998
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: 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, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Gargantuavis philoinos (28765)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Gargantuavis philoinos (28454)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Gargantuaviidae indet. (59686) Gargantuavis philoinos (59887 88583)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Aves indet. (48850)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Gargantuaviidae indet. (26369)