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Colymbiformes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Colymbiformes was named as an order.

It was reranked as the suborder Colymbiformes by Jaekel (1911) and Hay (1930).

It was assigned to Carinatae by Gadow (1898); to Colymbomorphae by Jaekel (1911); to Carinatae by Hay (1930); to Neognathae by Wetmore (1956); and to Aves by Miller and Bowman (1958).

Subtaxa
Colymbidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Colymbiformes Gadow p. 31
1911Colymbiformes Jaekel p. 179
1930Colymbiformes Hay p. 284
1956Colymbiformes Wetmore p. 8
1958Colymbiformes Miller and Bowman p. 4

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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()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderColymbiformes
suborderColymbiformes

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.

Subor. †Colymbiformes
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Fm. Colymbidae Shaw 1824
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G. Colymbus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Colymbus (Colymbus) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. †Colymbus (Dytes) Kaup 1829
†Colymbus portisi Regalia 1902
†Colymbus subparvus Miller and Bowman 1958
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Colymbus oligocaenus (176030)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58USA (Arizona) Colymbus sp. (216972)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) Colymbus portisi (49240)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Idaho) Colymbus sp., Colymbidae indet. (176409)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Colymbus sp. (19703)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Colymbus subparvus (120823)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Colymbus sp. (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Colymbus sp. (190077)