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Cathartornis

Reptilia - Teratornithidae

Taxonomy

Cathartornis was named by Miller (1910). It is not extant. Its type is Cathartornis gracilis.

It was assigned to Vulturidae by Hay (1930); to Cathartidae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Teratornithidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988) and Olson and Alvarenga (2002).

Species

C. gracilis (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1910	Cathartornis Miller
1930	Cathartornis Hay p. 312
1933	Cathartornis Lambrecht p. 394
1940	Cathartornis Wetmore p. 32
1956	Cathartornis Wetmore p. 38
1960	Cathartornis Wetmore p. 26
1988	Cathartornis Carroll
2002	Cathartornis Olson and Alvarenga p. 702

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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	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
—	Falconiformes	(Sharpe 1874)
superfamily	Vulturoidae
family	Teratornithidae	Miller 1909
genus	Cathartornis	Miller 1910

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. †Cathartornis Miller 1910

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†Cathartornis gracilis Miller 1910

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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	C. gracilis (190077)