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Teratornis (teratorn)

Reptilia - Teratornithidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Teratornis Miller p. 307
1910Pleistogyps Miller
1930Teratornis Hay p. 313
1933Teratornis Lambrecht p. 397
1940Teratornis Wetmore p. 31
1956Teratornis Wetmore p. 37
1960Teratornis Wetmore p. 26
1988Teratornis Carroll

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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
Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
superfamilyVulturoidae
familyTeratornithidaeMiller 1909
genusTeratornis

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. †Teratornis Miller 1909 [teratorn]
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Teratornis merriami Miller 1909 [Merriam's teratorn]
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Invalid names: Pleistogyps rex Miller 1910 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pleistogyps Miller 1910 [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: 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: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (20400)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Teratornis merriami (152194)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (20580 20581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Teratornis merriami (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Teratornis merriami (79630 190077) Teratornis sp., Teratornis merriami (44954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Utah) Teratornis merriami (93326)