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Archaeospheniscus wimani

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Notodyptes wimani was named by Marples (1953). Its type specimen is BM A.3331, a limb element (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Archaeospheniscus wimani by Simpson (1971), Myrcha et al. (2002), Jadwiszczak (2006), Chavez (2007); it was recombined as Delphinornis wimani by Ksepka and Clarke (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Notodyptes wimani Marples p. 11 figs. Plate II, Fig. 2
1963	Notodyptes wimani Brodkorb p. 234
1971	Archaeospheniscus wimani Simpson p. 380
2002	Archaeospheniscus wimani Myrcha et al. p. 26
2006	Archaeospheniscus wimani Jadwiszczak p. 29
2007	Archaeospheniscus wimani Chavez p. 554
2010	Delphinornis wimani Ksepka and Clarke

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	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)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Aequornithes
—	Feraequornithes
superorder	Procellariimorphae
—	Sphenisciformes	(Sharpe 1891)
genus	Archaeospheniscus
species	wimani	()

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.

†Archaeospheniscus wimani Marples 1953

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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 10:40:01

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:40:01

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

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

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Antarctica	Archaeospheniscus wimani (100414)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Archaeospheniscus wimani (63551)
Lutetian - Bartonian	48.07 - 37.71	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Delphinornis wimani (53666)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Archaeospheniscus wimani (100187)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Antarctica	Archaeospheniscus wimani (100411)