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Gargantuavis philoinos

Reptilia - Gargantuaviidae

Taxonomy
Gargantuavis philoinos was named by Buffetaut and Le Loeuff (1998). Its type specimen is MDE C3-525, a set of postcrania (synsacrum with parts of the pelvis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bellevue, locality C3 (C III), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial marl/conglomerate in the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Gargantuavis philoinos Buffetaut and Le Loeuff p. 1 figs. 1-2
2004Gargantuavis philoinos Padian p. 212
2011Gargantuavis philoinos Osi and Buffetaut p. 36

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusGargantuavis
speciesphiloinos

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.

†Gargantuavis philoinos Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998
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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 Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Gargantuavis philoinos (28454)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Castilla y Leon) Gargantuavis philoinos (28765)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Gargantuavis philoinos (59887)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Aves indet. (type locality: 48850)