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Proardeola

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae

Taxonomy

Proardeola was named by Harrison (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ardeinae by Cheneval (1984) and Becker (1985); and to Ardeidae by Mlikovsky (2002).

Species

P. walkeri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1979	Proardeola Harrison
1984	Proardeola Cheneval p. 77
1985	Proardeola Becker p. 28
2002	Proardeola Mlikovsky p. 67

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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	Pelecanimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Pelecaniformes	Sharpe 1891
family	Ardeidae	Leach 1820
subfamily	Ardeinae
genus	Proardeola	Harrison 1979

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.

G. †Proardeola Harrison 1979

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†Proardeola walkeri Harrison 1979

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:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volantf

Diet:

piscivoref

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 16:51:50

Modified:

2009-01-03 18:51:50

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	France (Auvergne)	P. walkeri (125333)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Thailand	P. walkeri (48126)