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Plotopteridae

Reptilia - Suliformes - Plotopteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Plotopteridae Howard p. 69
1972Plotopteridae Howard p. 7
1979Plotopteridae Olson and Hasegawa p. 688
1980Plotopteridae Olson p. 51
1985Plotopteridae Olson p. 204
1988Plotopteridae Carroll
1988Plotopteridae Goedert p. 98
1996Plotopteridae Olson and Hasegawa p. 742
2002Plotopteridae Goedert and Cornish p. 67
2005Plotopteridae Mayr p. 67
2008Plotopteridae Sakurai et al. p. 87
2011Plotopteridae Dyke et al. p. 2
2018Plotopteridae Mayr and Goedert p. 52
2022Plotopteridae Mayr p. 119 figs. Fig. 7.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyPlotopteridae
familyPlotopteridae

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.

Fm. †Plotopteridae Howard 1969
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G. †Empeirodytes Ohashi and Hasegawa 2020
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†Empeirodytes okazakii Ohashi and Hasegawa 2020
G. Phocavis Goedert 1988
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†Phocavis maritimus Goedert 1988
G. †Plotopterum Howard 1969
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†Plotopterum joaquinensis Howard 1969
G. †Stemec Kaiser et al. 2015
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†Stemec suntokum Kaiser et al. 2015
G. †Stenornis Ohashi and Hasegawa 2020
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†Stenornis kanmonensis Ohashi and Hasegawa 2020
Subfm. †Tonsalinae Mayr and Goedert 2018
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G. †Copepteryx Olson and Hasegawa 1996
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†Copepteryx hexeris Olson and Hasegawa 1996
†Copepteryx titan Olson and Hasegawa 1996
G. †Hokkaidornis Sakurai et al. 2008
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†Hokkaidornis abashiriensis Sakurai et al. 2008
G. †Klallamornis Mayr and Goedert 2016
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†Klallamornis abyssa Mayr and Goedert 2016
†Klallamornis clarki Mayr and Goedert 2016
G. †Olympidytes Mayr and Goedert 2016
G. †Tonsala Olson 1980
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†Tonsala buchanani Dyke et al. 2011
†Tonsala hildegardae Olson 1980
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: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:53
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Rupelian41.3 - 28.1USA (Washington) Olympidytes thieli (206375)
Bartonian - Chattian41.3 - 23.03USA (Washington) Tonsala sp., Tonsala hildegardae, Tonsala buchanani, Klallamornis clarki (62246)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Phocavis maritimus (75900)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Plotopteridae indet. (219706)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan Olympidytes sp. (219708)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan (Yamaguchi) Plotopteridae indet., Stenornis kanmonensis (197243)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Plotopteridae indet. (91620 193568) Tonsala buchanani (120368 120417) Tonsala hildegardae, Tonsala buchanani (58964)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Nagasaki) Copepteryx hexeris (87150)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Fukuoka) Copepteryx hexeris (87148)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Fukushima) Copepteryx hexeris (87149)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Plotopterum joaquinensis (11601)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Japan (Yamaguchi) Aves indet. (126057) Plotopteridae indet. (127382)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Japan (Hokkaido) Hokkaidornis abashiriensis (120530) Plotopteridae indet. (122664)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Japan (Fukuoka) Copepteryx hexeris (216276) Copepteryx titan, Plotopteridae indet. (45835) Plotopteridae indet. (45832 45834)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Stemec suntokum (125177)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Japan (Saga) Plotopteridae indet. (126056)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Klallamornis abyssa (45784)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan (Gifu) Plotopterum sp. (80280)