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Gastornis

Reptilia - Gastornithiformes - Gastornithidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Gastornis Hébert
1890Gastornis Zittel p. 836
1933Gastornis Lambrecht p. 573
1960Gastornis Wetmore p. 27
1977Gastornis Harrison and Walker p. 38
1988Gastornis Carroll
1992Gastornis Martin
2002Gastornis Mlikovsky p. 94
2007Gastornis Mayr p. 395
2014Gastornis Bourdon et al. p. 176

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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
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
orderGastornithiformesStejneger 1885
suborderGastornithes(Cope 1889)
familyGastornithidaeFurbringer 1888
genusGastornisHébert 1855

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. †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
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: volantuc
Diet: herbivoreuc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:01
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:01
Source: o = order, uc = unranked clade
References: Livezey 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Wasatchian or 61.60000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) G. sp. (74643)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Belgium G. sp. (68431)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) G. edwardsii (87925) G. parisiensis, G. minor, G. russelli (68428) G. sp. (180791)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) G. sp. (166598)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) G. klaasseni (184514)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) G. parisiensis (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) G. parisiensis, G. laurenti (182641)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Nunavut) G. sp. (163833)