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Procariama simplex

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Taxonomy
Procariama simplex was named by Rovereto (1914).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Procariama simplex Rovereto p. 110
1933Procariama simplex Lambrecht p. 516
2003Procariama simplex Alvarenga and Holfing p. 84
2005Procariama simplex Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2
2007Procariama simplex Bertelli et al. p. 415 figs. Table 2
2023Procariama simplex Tambussi et al. p. 278

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
familyPhorusrhacidae()
subfamilyMesembriornithinae
genusProcariamaRovereto 1914
speciessimplex

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.

†Procariama simplex Rovereto 1914
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:06:43
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:06:43
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Witmer and Rose 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) Procariama simplex (157794)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Procariama simplex (87198)
Huayquerian - Montehermosan8.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) Procariama simplex (206027)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (Catamarca) Procariama simplex (198820)