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Cimolopteryx

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Cimolopterygidae

Taxonomy

Cimolopteryx was named by Marsh (1889). Its type is Cimolopteryx rarus.

It was assigned to Fringillidae by Hay (1902); to Aves by Hay (1930); to Apatornithidae by Shufeldt (1915), Lambrecht (1933); to Charadriiformes by Hope (2002); and to Cimolopterygidae by Brodkorb (1963), Cracraft (1972), Agnolin (2010).

Species

C. maxima, C. rara

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Cimolopteryx Marsh
1902	Cimolopteryx Hay p. 537
1915	Cimolopteryx Shufeldt p. 9
1930	Cimolopteryx Hay p. 359
1933	Cimolopteryx Lambrecht p. 586
1963	Cimolopteryx Brodkorb p. 64
1972	Cimolopteryx Cracraft p. 45
2002	Cimolopteryx Hope p. 361
2010	Cimolopteryx Agnolin

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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
order	Charadriiformes	Huxley 1867
family	Cimolopterygidae
genus	Cimolopteryx	Marsh 1889

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. †Cimolopteryx Marsh 1889

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†Cimolopteryx maxima Brodkorb 1963

†Cimolopteryx rara Marsh 1889

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:

marineo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2017-04-17 10:41:05

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:41:05

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

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

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	C. sp. (210574)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	Canada (Saskatchewan)	C. sp. (14558)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Montana)	C. maxima (14517)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Wyoming)	C. maxima (14519)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Wyoming)	C. sp., C. rara (14585)