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Archaeornithes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Archaeornithes was named by Gadow (1893).

It was synonymized subjectively with Saururae by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Archornithes by Jaekel (1911); it was synonymized subjectively with Saururae by Hay (1930); it was reranked as the superorder Archaeornithes by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Aves by Gadow (1898), Wetmore (1960), Thulborn (1975), Walker (1981) and Carroll (1988); and to Palaeoaves by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Archaeornithes Gadow
1898Archaeornithes Gadow p. 30
1960Archaeornithes Wetmore p. 1
1975Archaeornithes Thulborn p. 267
1981Archaeornithes Walker p. 51
1988Archaeornithes Carroll
2007Archaeornithes Livezey and Zusi p. 89

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Palaeoaves
superorderArchaeornithes(Gadow 1893)
superorderArchaeornithes(Gadow 1893)

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.

Superor. †Archaeornithes Gadow 1893
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G. †Ilerdopteryx Lacasa Ruiz 1985
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†Ilerdopteryx viai Lacasa Ruiz 1985
Invalid names: Archaeopterygiformes Furbringer 1888 [empty]
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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 157.30000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Archaeopteryx sp. (24563)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain Ilerdopteryx viai (123437)