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Titanis walleri

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Taxonomy
Titanis walleri was named by Brodkorb (1963). Its type specimen is UF 4109, a set of limb elements, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Fe River 1 [Blancan], which is in a Gelasian terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Titanis walleri Brodkorb p. 112 figs. Figures 1-7
1998Titanis walleri Emslie
2003Titanis walleri Alvarenga and Holfing p. 76
2005Titanis walleri Gould and Quitmyer p. 205
2007Titanis walleri Bertelli et al. p. 415 figs. Table 2

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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
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
familyPhorusrhacidae()
subfamilyPhorusrhacinaeAmeghino 1899
genusTitanis
specieswalleri

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.

Titanis walleri Brodkorb 1963
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Brodkorb 1963Referable to the family Phorusrhacidae,subfamily Phorus- rhacinae, on the basis of: gigantic size; distal foramen of tarsometatarsus bifurcate,withforamenforextensorbrevisdigitiIV openingthroughdistal end of shelf bounding outer intermetatarsalspace (confluent with foramen for tibialis anticus artery on plantar surface of shaft in Brontornithidae, separate but on plantar face in Rheidae); lower end of shaft not bilaterally expanded (flaring toward roots of trochleae in Rheidae); plantar surface of shaft flat above trochleae (concave in comparablegroups); trochleae nearly on a plane (strongly arched in Psilopteridae and Rheidae); poste- rior wings of trochleae obsolete (well developed in Psilopteridae)
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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:06:43
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:06:43
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Witmer and Rose 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Texas) Titanis walleri (190634)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Titanis walleri (type locality: 19758 20384 190641)