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Coragyps occidentalis

Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Taxonomy
Catharista occidentalis was named by Miller (1909). Its type specimen is UCMP 12509, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Coragyps occidentalis by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Miller and DeMay (1942) and Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Catharista occidentalis Miller p. 306
1930Coragyps occidentalis Hay p. 311
1933Coragyps occidentalis Lambrecht p. 396
1940Catharista occidentalis Wetmore p. 30
1942Coragyps occidentalis Miller and DeMay p. 91
1956Coragyps occidentalis Wetmore p. 36

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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
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusCoragypsGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853
speciesoccidentalis()

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.

†Coragyps occidentalis Miller 1909
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:31:16
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:31:16
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Coragyps occidentalis (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Coragyps occidentalis (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Coragyps occidentalis (44954 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Coragyps occidentalis (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Coragyps occidentalis (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Coragyps occidentalis (71670)