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Mesembriornis

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Hermosiornithidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Prociconia Ameghino
1889Mesembriornis Moreno p. 29
1889Palaeociconia Moreno p. 30
1890Mesembriornis Zittel p. 837
1891Mesembriornis Moreno and Mercerat p. 49
1914Prophororhacos Rovereto p. 114
1914Hermosiornis Rovereto p. 163
1933Palaeociconia Lambrecht p. 321
1933Prophororhacos Lambrecht p. 508
1933Hermosiornis Lambrecht p. 516
1960Hermosiornis Wetmore p. 27
1981Palaeociconia Mourer-Chauviré p. 643
1981Prophororhacos Mourer-Chauviré p. 643
2003Mesembriornis Alvarenga and Holfing p. 86
2005Mesembriornis Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2
2007Mesembriornis Bertelli et al. p. 415
2023Mesembriornis Tambussi et al. p. 279

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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
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
infraorderCariamides
superfamilyCariamoidea
familyHermosiornithidaeKraglievich 1932
genusMesembriornis

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. †Mesembriornis Moreno 1889
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Mesembriornis quatrefagesi Moreno and Mercerat 1891
Invalid names: Hermosiornis Rovereto 1914 [synonym], Palaeociconia Moreno 1889 [synonym], Prophororhacos [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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Montehermosan or 5.00000 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian - Montehermosan8.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) M. incertus (206027)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Hermosiornis sp. (191768)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. milneedwardsi (152081 152085 198863) Palaeociconia australis, M. milneedwardsi (13503)