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Psilopterus lemoinei

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Taxonomy
Patagornis lemoinei was named by Moreno and Mercerat (1891). Its type specimen is Museo de La Plata, a limb element, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Leon Fm - Monte Leon, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Monte Leon Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Psilopterus lemoinei by Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Vizcaíno et al. (2022) and Tambussi et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Patagornis lemoinei Moreno and Mercerat p. 23 figs. Plate XV, Fig. 4-6
1891Psilopterus australis Moreno and Mercerat p. 26 figs. Plate XVIII, Fig. 10; Plate XX, Fig. 5
1891Patagornis lemoinei Moreno and Mercerat p. 58 figs. Plate XV, Fig. 4-6
1891Psilopterus australis Moreno and Mercerat p. 68
1894Pelecyornis australis Ameghino
1894Pelecyornis tubulatus Ameghino
1894Phororhacos modicus Ameghino
1894Pelecyornis tubulatus Ameghino p. 560 fig. 22
1897Staphylornis erythacus Mercerat
1897Staphylornis gallardoi Mercerat p. 233
1897Staphylornis erythacus Mercerat p. 235
1933Phororhacos modicus Lambrecht p. 504
1933Pelecyornis australis Lambrecht p. 505
1933Pelecyornis tubulatus Lambrecht p. 506
1933Staphylornis gallardoi Lambrecht p. 514
2003Psilopterus lemoinei Alvarenga and Holfing p. 81
2005Psilopterus lemoinei Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2
2007Psilopterus lemoinei Bertelli et al. p. 415 figs. Table 2
2022Psilopterus lemoinei Vizcaíno et al.
2023Psilopterus lemoinei Tambussi et al. p. 276

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
familyPhorusrhacidae()
subfamilyPsilopterinae(Dolgopol de Saez 1927)
genusPsilopterus
specieslemoinei()

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.

Psilopterus lemoinei Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Invalid names: Pelecyornis tubulatus Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Phororhacos modicus Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Psilopterus australis Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Staphylornis erythacus Mercerat 1897 [synonym], Staphylornis gallardoi Mercerat 1897 [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: 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: Marsh 1875, Witmer and Rose 1991

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Patagornis lemoinei (type locality: 66154)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Psilopterus lemoinei (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Psilopterus australis (176603) Psilopterus australis, Psilopterus lemoinei (27313) Psilopterus lemoinei (87314 142533 176564 176565 176566 176567 176578 176589 210787)