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Pelecanides

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy
Pelecanides is an infraorder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Steganopodes by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa
Pelecanida, Sulida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Pelecanides Livezey and Zusi p. 91

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
suborderSteganopodes
infraorderPelecanides
infraorderPelecanides

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.

Infraor. Pelecanides
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Unr. Sulida Reichenbach 1849
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Superfm. Suloidea Hay 1930
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Fm. †Elopterygidae Lambrecht 1933
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G. †Actiornis Lydekker 1891
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†Actiornis anglicus Lydekker 1891
Invalid names: Phalacrocoracoidea [empty]
Invalid names: Pelecanida [empty]
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 10:40:27
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:27
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Rupelian or 37.20000 to 28.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Actiornis anglicus (181272)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Phalacrocoracoidea indet. (62246)