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Enaliornis segdwicki

Osteichthyes - Hesperornithiformes

Taxonomy
Enaliornis segdwicki was named by Seeley (1869) [nomen nudum in 1869 lectotype designated by Brodkorb 1963; see also Elzanowski and Galton 1991]. Its type specimen is SMC B55314, a limb element (proximal end of a right tibiotarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coldham Common, which is in an Albian marine carbonate in the Gault Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was corrected as Enaliornis sedgwicki by Seeley (1869), Seeley (1876), Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Lambrecht (1933), Brodkorb (1971), Elzanowski and Galton (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Enaliornis sedgwicki Seeley p. xvii
1869Enaliornis segdwicki Seeley p. xvii
1876Enaliornis sedgwicki Seeley p. 501
1890Enaliornis sedgwicki Zittel p. 835
1900Enaliornis sedgwicki Van Den Broeck p. 76
1933Enaliornis sedgwicki Lambrecht p. 256
1963Enaliornis segdwicki Brodkorb p. 60
1971Enaliornis sedgwicki Brodkorb p. 37
1991Enaliornis sedgwicki Elzanowski and Galton p. 90
2004Enaliornis segdwicki Padian p. 213

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
orderHesperornithiformesFürbringer 1888
genusEnaliornisSeeley 1876
speciessegdwicki

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.

†Enaliornis segdwicki Seeley 1869
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:36
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available