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Palaeotringa littoralis

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Graculavidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotringa littoralis was named by Marsh (1870). Its type specimen is YPM 830, a limb element (distal left tibiotarsus with the internal condyle lacking), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waln marl pit, Hornerstown, which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Palaeotringa.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Cracraft (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh p. 206
1880Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh p. 200
1902Palaeotringa littoralis Hay p. 527
1915Palaeotringa littoralis Shufeldt p. 23
1930Palaeotringa littoralis Hay p. 338
1933Palaeotringa littoralis Lambrecht p. 547
1940Palaeotringa littoralis Wetmore p. 57
1956Palaeotringa littoralis Wetmore p. 71
1987Palaeotringa littoralis Olson and Parris p. 12

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyGraculavidaeFürbringer 1888
genusPalaeotringa
specieslittoralis

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.

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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 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Palaeotringa littoralis (type locality: 87905)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Palaeotringa littoralis (26819)