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Thegornis

Osteichthyes - Falconidae

Taxonomy

Thegornis is a genus.

It was assigned to Falconidae by Lambrecht (1933), Degrange et al. (2012), Tambussi et al. (2023).

Species

T. debilis, T. musculosus

Synonymy list

p. 598 fig. 43

Year	Name and author
1933	Thegornis Lambrecht p. 421
2012	Thegornis Degrange et al.
2023	Thegornis Tambussi et al. p. 280

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
—	Falconiformes	(Sharpe 1874)
family	Falconidae	Vigors 1824
genus	Thegornis

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.

G. †Thegornis

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†Thegornis debilis Ameghino 1894

†Thegornis musculosus Ameghino 1894

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:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volantf

Diet:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 16:32:37

Modified:

2009-01-03 18:32:37

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian	17.5 - 16.3	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	T. debilis (142533) T. musculosus (176566 176603)