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Amphipelargus

Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Ergilornithidae

Taxonomy

Amphipelargus was named by Lydekker (1891). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ciconiidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Eogruidae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Ergilornithidae by Carroll (1988) and Mayr (2022).

Species

A. majori, Urmiornis maraghanus, Urmiornis ukrainus

Synonyms

Urmiornis was named by Mecquenem (1908).

It was synonymized subjectively with Amphipelargus by Mlikovsky (2002).

It was assigned to Gruidae by Lambrecht (1933).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1891	Amphipelargus Lydekker
1908	Urmiornis Mecquenem
1933	Amphipelargus Lambrecht p. 323
1933	Urmiornis Lambrecht p. 521
1988	Amphipelargus Carroll
2002	Amphipelargus Mlikovsky p. 97
2022	Amphipelargus Mayr p. 38

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
superorder	Palaeognathae	Pycraft 1900
order	Struthioniformes	Latham 1790
family	Ergilornithidae	Kozlova 1960
genus	Amphipelargus	Lydekker 1891

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. †Amphipelargus Lydekker 1891

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†Amphipelargus majori Lydekker 1891

Invalid names: Urmiornis Mecquenem 1908 [synonym]

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:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 19:08:40

Modified:

2009-01-03 21:08:40

Source: o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Witmer and Rose 1991

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Moldova	Urmiornis sp. (60271)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Ukraine	Urmiornis sp. (75800)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Greece (Makedonia Thraki)	A. sp. (157582)