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Gastornis
Taxonomy
Gastornis was named by Hébert (1855). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Diatrymidae by Carroll (1988); and to Gastornithidae by Zittel (1890), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Harrison and Walker (1977), Martin (1992), Mlikovsky (2002), Mayr (2007) and Bourdon et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Diatrymidae by Carroll (1988); and to Gastornithidae by Zittel (1890), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Harrison and Walker (1977), Martin (1992), Mlikovsky (2002), Mayr (2007) and Bourdon et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1855 | Gastornis Hébert |
| 1890 | Gastornis Zittel p. 836 |
| 1933 | Gastornis Lambrecht p. 573 |
| 1960 | Gastornis Wetmore p. 27 |
| 1977 | Gastornis Harrison and Walker p. 38 |
| 1988 | Gastornis Carroll |
| 1992 | Gastornis Martin |
| 2002 | Gastornis Mlikovsky p. 94 |
| 2007 | Gastornis Mayr p. 395 |
| 2014 | Gastornis Bourdon et al. p. 176 |
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G. †Gastornis Hébert 1855
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†Gastornis edwardsi Lemoine 1878
†Gastornis giganteus Cope 1876
†Gastornis laurenti Mourer-Chauviré and Bourdon 2020
†Gastornis minor Lemoine 1878
†Gastornis parisiensis Hébert 1855
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Invalid names: Gastornis edwardsii Lemoine 1878 [synonym], Gastornis klaasseni Newton 1885 [synonym]
†Gastornis russelli Martin 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available