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Neophrontops

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Neophrontops Miller
1930Neophrontops Hay p. 323
1933Neophrontops Lambrecht p. 402
1940Neophrontops Wetmore p. 33
1943Neophrontops Wetmore p. 229
1956Neophrontops Wetmore p. 39
1974Neophrontops Feduccia
1988Neophrontops Carroll
1990Neophrontops Bickart p. 41
2001Neophrontops Olson and Rasmussen p. 297

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
subfamilyAegypiinae
genusNeophrontops

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.

G. †Neophrontops Miller 1916
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Neophrontops americanus Miller 1916
Neophrontops dakotensis Compton 1935
Neophrontops slaughteri Feduccia 1974
Neophrontops vetustus Wetmore 1943
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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.43000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) N. vetustus (18001)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Oregon) N. dakotensis (154947)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) N. sp. (52582)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) N. slaughteri (19906)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) N. slaughteri (20384)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) N. americanus (20387)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) N. vallecitoensis (192289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) N. americanus (44954 79630 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) N. americanus (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) N. americanus (93277)