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Ciconia maltha (asphalt stork)

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Ciconia maltha was named by Miller (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 11202; cotypes nos. 11237, 12529, 12527,12532, and 12526, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Ciconia maltha Miller p. 440
1930Ciconia maltha Hay p. 296
1933Ciconia maltha Lambrecht p. 323
1940Ciconia maltha Wetmore p. 17
1942Ciconia maltha Miller and DeMay p. 80
1955Ciconia maltha Howard p. 202
1956Ciconia maltha Wetmore p. 22
1972Ciconia maltha Howard p. 8
1992Ciconia maltha Emslie p. 252
2016Ciconia maltha Kilmer and Steadman p. 18 fig. 13

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusCiconiaBrisson 1760
speciesmaltha

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.

†Ciconia maltha Miller 1910 [asphalt stork]
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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (19753)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (154721)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (20308 20334 20400 20415)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (195048 195049)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Ciconia maltha (152008 161536)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Ciconia maltha (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Ciconia maltha (152904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ciconia maltha (20580 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ciconia maltha (20273 44954 190077 192604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ciconia maltha (85142)