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Gastornis parisiensis

Reptilia - Gastornithiformes - Gastornithidae

Taxonomy
Gastornis parisiensis was named by Hébert (1855). Its type specimen is MNHN, a set of limb elements (Left tibiotarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meudon, which is in a Ypresian marine conglomerate in the Vaugirard Formation of France.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Gastornis parisiensis Hébert
1859Gastornis parisiensis Gervais p. 404
1878Gastornis edwardsii Lemoine
1885Gastornis klaasseni Newton
1933Gastornis parisiensis Lambrecht p. 574
1933Gastornis klaasseni Lambrecht p. 576
1977Gastornis klaasseni Harrison and Walker p. 38
2002Gastornis parisiensis Mlikovsky p. 95
2014Gastornis parisiensis Bourdon et al. p. 176

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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
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
orderGastornithiformesStejneger 1885
suborderGastornithes(Cope 1889)
familyGastornithidaeFurbringer 1888
genusGastornisHébert 1855
speciesparisiensisHébert 1855

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.

Gastornis parisiensis Hébert 1855
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Invalid names: Gastornis edwardsii Lemoine 1878 [synonym], Gastornis klaasseni Newton 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available