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Tonsalinae

Reptilia - Suliformes - Plotopteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Tonsalinae Mayr and Goedert p. 52

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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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyPlotopteridae
subfamilyTonsalinae
subfamilyTonsalinae

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.

Subfm. †Tonsalinae Mayr and Goedert 2018
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G. †Copepteryx Olson and Hasegawa 1996
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†Copepteryx hexeris Olson and Hasegawa 1996
†Copepteryx titan Olson and Hasegawa 1996
G. †Hokkaidornis Sakurai et al. 2008
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†Hokkaidornis abashiriensis Sakurai et al. 2008
G. †Klallamornis Mayr and Goedert 2016
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†Klallamornis abyssa Mayr and Goedert 2016
†Klallamornis clarki Mayr and Goedert 2016
G. †Olympidytes Mayr and Goedert 2016
G. †Tonsala Olson 1980
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†Tonsala buchanani Dyke et al. 2011
†Tonsala hildegardae Olson 1980
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2018Most inclusive clade comprising Tonsala Olson, 1980, but not Plotopterum Howard, 1969, Stemec Kaiser et al., 2015, and Phocavis Goedert, 1988. Characterized by: coracoid with (1) entire sternal portion of facies articularis humeralis extending beyond facies articularis scapularis; (2) facies articularis scapularis cup-shaped; (3) extremitas sternalis with long and strap-like medial projection; (4) crista articularis sternalis low in sterno- omal direction and with very wide ventral portion; (5) tarsometa- tarsus without foramen vasculare distale (in Hokkaidornis and Copepteryx there is a distally open dorsal fossa, but the plantar opening of a true foramen vasculare distale is absent).
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: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:53
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Rupelian41.3 - 28.1USA (Washington) Olympidytes thieli (206375)
Bartonian - Chattian41.3 - 23.03USA (Washington) Tonsala sp., Tonsala hildegardae, Tonsala buchanani, Klallamornis clarki (62246)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan Olympidytes sp. (219708)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Tonsala buchanani (120368 120417) Tonsala hildegardae, Tonsala buchanani (58964)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Nagasaki) Copepteryx hexeris (87150)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Fukuoka) Copepteryx hexeris (87148)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Fukushima) Copepteryx hexeris (87149)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Klallamornis abyssa (45784)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Japan (Hokkaido) Hokkaidornis abashiriensis (120530)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Japan (Fukuoka) Copepteryx hexeris (216276) Copepteryx titan, Plotopteridae indet. (45835) Plotopteridae indet. (45832)