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Aepyornithiformes

Reptilia - Aepyornithiformes

Taxonomy
Aepyornithiformes is an order. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Neognathae by Wetmore (1960); to Palaeognathae by Carroll (1988); to Struthionimorphae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Palaeognathae by Mayr (2022).

Subtaxa
Aepyornithidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Aepyornithiformes Wetmore p. 24
1988Aepyornithiformes Carroll
2007Aepyornithiformes Livezey and Zusi p. 89
2022Aepyornithiformes Mayr p. 29

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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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
orderAepyornithiformes
orderAepyornithiformes

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.

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Fm. †Aepyornithidae Bonaparte 1853 [elephant bird]
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G. †Aepyornis Geoffroy 1850
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†Aepyornis hildebrandti Burckhardt 1893
†Aepyornis maximus Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1850
†Aepyornis medius Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1869
G. †Mullerornis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
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†Mullerornis agilis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
†Mullerornis betsilei Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
†Mullerornis rudis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1894
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Aepyornithidae indet. (13065)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Aepyornithidae indet. (22241)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Madagascar Mullerornis sp., Aepyornis hildebrandti (204645 204646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Aepyornis sp. (195018) Aepyornis sp., Mullerornis sp. (95824 95827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Aepyornis sp. (181845) Aepyornis sp., Mullerornis sp. (195019)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Aepyornis sp. (92732) Mullerornis sp. (92733)