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Baptornithidae
Taxonomy
Baptornithidae was named by American Ornithologists' Union (1910). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Podicipediformes by Brodkorb (1971); and to Hesperornithiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Martin and Tate (1976), Martin (1984), Carroll (1988), Tokaryk (1992), Tokaryk et al. (1997), Kurochkin (2000), Rees and Lindgren (2005), Martin and Cordes-Person (2007) and Bell and Chiappe (2016).
It was assigned to Podicipediformes by Brodkorb (1971); and to Hesperornithiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Martin and Tate (1976), Martin (1984), Carroll (1988), Tokaryk (1992), Tokaryk et al. (1997), Kurochkin (2000), Rees and Lindgren (2005), Martin and Cordes-Person (2007) and Bell and Chiappe (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Baptornithidae American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1940 | Baptornithidae Wetmore p. 4 |
| 1956 | Baptornithidae Wetmore p. 5 |
| 1960 | Baptornithidae Wetmore p. 23 |
| 1971 | Baptornithidae Brodkorb p. 39 |
| 1976 | Baptornithidae Martin and Tate, Jr. p. 37 |
| 1984 | Baptornithidae Martin p. 146 |
| 1988 | Baptornithidae Carroll |
| 1992 | Baptornithidae Tokaryk p. 1010 |
| 1997 | Baptornithidae Tokaryk et al. p. 172 |
| 2000 | Baptornithidae Kurochkin p. 546 |
| 2005 | Baptornithidae Rees and Lindgren p. 1322 |
| 2007 | Baptornithidae Martin and Cordes-Person p. 229 |
| 2016 | Baptornithidae Bell and Chiappe |
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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.
Fm. †Baptornithidae American Ornithologists' Union 1910
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G. †Baptornis Marsh 1877
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†Baptornis advenus Marsh 1877
Invalid names: Parascaniornis Lambrecht 1933 [synonym], Parascaniornis stensioei Lambrecht 1933 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 99.60000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Baptornithidae indet. (94538) | |
| Coniacian | USA (Kansas) | Baptornis advenus (85282) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Baptornis advenus (85278) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden | Baptornis sp., Parascaniornis stensioei (102883) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Baptornis sp. (34302 34310 34311 34313) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Baptornis sp. (75030 229975) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mongolia (Bayankhongor) | Judinornis nogontsavensis (127680) |