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Teratornis merriami (Merriam's teratorn)

Reptilia - Teratornithidae

Taxonomy
Teratornis merriami was named by Miller (1909). Its type specimen is UCMP 12101, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Teratornis.

Synonyms
  • Pleistogyps rex was named by Miller (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 12599, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Teratornis merriami by Hay (1930).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Teratornis merriami Miller
1910Pleistogyps rex Miller p. 16
1930Teratornis merriami Hay p. 313
1931Teratornis merriami Wetmore p. 26 figs. 6-12
1933Teratornis merriami Lambrecht p. 398
1940Teratornis merriami Wetmore p. 31
1942Teratornis merriami Miller and DeMay p. 93
1956Teratornis merriami Wetmore p. 38
2002Teratornis merriami Olson and Alvarenga p. 704

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
superfamilyVulturoidae
familyTeratornithidaeMiller 1909
genusTeratornis
speciesmerriami

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.

†Teratornis merriami Miller 1909 [Merriam's teratorn]
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Invalid names: Pleistogyps rex Miller 1910 [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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (20400)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Teratornis merriami (152008 152194 161536 192629 192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (20580 20581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Teratornis merriami (44954 79630 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Teratornis merriami (93326)