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Megapaloelodus opsigonus (flamingo)

Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae

Taxonomy
Megapaloelodus opsigonus was named by Brodkorb (1961). Its type specimen is UOMNH F-5459, a limb element (proximal end of left tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Black Butte (UO 2334), which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Juntura Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Megapaloelodus opsigonus Brodkorb
1972Megapaloelodus opsigonus Howard p. 8

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderPhoenicopteriformes
familyPalaelodidae(Stejneger 1885)
genusMegapaloelodus
speciesopsigonus

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.

†Megapaloelodus opsigonus Brodkorb 1961 [flamingo]
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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: 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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Messinian or 12.50000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Megapaloelodus opsigonus (type locality: 18818)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) Megapaloelodus opsigonus (13090 45458)