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Eremopezus

Osteichthyes - Eremopezidae

Taxonomy

Eremopezus was named by Andrews (1904).

It was assigned to Eremopezinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Aepyornithidae by Houde (1988); and to Eremopezidae by Rasmussen et al. (2001), Mayr (2009), Mayr (2022).

Species

E. eocaenus (syn. Stromeria fajumensis)

Synonyms

Stromeria was named by Lambrecht (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Eremopezus by Rasmussen et al. (2001), Mayr (2009).

It was assigned to Aepyornithidae by Lambrecht (1933), Houde (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Eremopezus Andrews p. 168 figs. Fig. 15
1929	Stromeria Lambrecht
1933	Stromeria Lambrecht p. 193
1933	Eremopezus Lambrecht p. 216
1988	Eremopezus Houde
1988	Stromeria Houde
2001	Eremopezus Rasmussen et al. p. 327
2009	Eremopezus Mayr p. 31
2022	Eremopezus Mayr p. 37

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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	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
superorder	Palaeognathae	Pycraft 1900
family	Eremopezidae	(Rothschild 1911)
genus	Eremopezus	Andrews 1904

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. †Eremopezus Andrews 1904

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†Eremopezus eocaenus Andrews 1904

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Invalid names: Stromeria fajumensis Lambrecht 1929 [synonym]

Invalid names: Stromeria Lambrecht 1929 [synonym]

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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene	37.71 - 27.3	Egypt (Fayum)	E. eocaenus (65960)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Egypt (Fayum)	E. eocaenus (12964 60127)