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Klallamornis clarki
Taxonomy
Klallamornis clarki was named by Mayr and Goedert (2016). Its type specimen is LACM 129405, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus with restored lateral portion of trochlea metatarsi IV), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jansen Creek Mbr, Makah Fm - Jansen Creek, which is in a Bartonian/Chattian deep-water sandstone/conglomerate in the Makah Formation of Washington.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Klallamornis clarki Mayr and Goedert p. 9 figs. Figs. 5, 6 |
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†Klallamornis clarki Mayr and Goedert 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2016 | Largest species of North American Plotopteridae, about 80% the size of the Hokkaidornis
abashiriensis holotype. With the distal end of the femur of plo- topterids being subequal to the proximal width of the tarsometa- tarsus (Table 1), the holotypic tarsometatarsus (proximal width »43 mm) has a significantly larger size than expected for the unknown tarsometatarsus of Klallamornis abyssa, the distal femur of which has a width of »34 mm. |
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| Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||