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Apatornis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Apatornis was named by Marsh (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Ichthyornis celer.

It was assigned to Ichthyornidae by Marsh (1873) and Marsh (1873); to Odontotormae by Marsh (1880); to Odontotormae by Zittel (1890); to Ichthyornithidae by Hay (1930); to Apatornithidae by Hay (1902), Shufeldt (1915), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Brodkorb (1963) and Brodkorb (1971); to Neornithes by Hope (2002); to Ichthyornithiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ornithurae by Clarke (2004) and Padian (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Apatornis Marsh p. 117
1880Apatornis Marsh p. 147
1890Apatornis Zittel p. 835
1902Apatornis Hay p. 520
1915Apatornis Shufeldt p. 8
1930Apatornis Hay p. 282
1933Apatornis Lambrecht p. 585
1956Apatornis Wetmore p. 6
1960Apatornis Wetmore p. 23
1963Apatornis Brodkorb p. 69
1971Apatornis Brodkorb p. 39
2002Apatornis Hope p. 370
2002Apatornis Sepkoski
2004Apatornis Clarke pp. 46, 146
2004Apatornis Padian p. 212

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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
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
genusApatornis

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.

G. †Apatornis Marsh 1873
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†Apatornis celer Marsh 1873
†Apatornis retustus Marsh 1892
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 Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Ichthyornis celer (85294)