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Anthropornis grandis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pachypteryx grandis was named by Wiman (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Snow Hill, next to, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

It was recombined as Anthropornis grandis by Brodkorb (1963), Simpson (1971), Myrcha et al. (2002), Tambussi et al. (2006), Jadwiszczak (2006), Chavez (2007), Jadwiszczak (2012) and Acosta Hospitaleche et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Pachypteryx grandis Ameghino p. 150
1905Pachypteryx grandis Wiman p. 250
1933Pachypteryx grandis Lambrecht p. 235
1946Pachypteryx grandis Simpson p. 38
1963Anthropornis grandis Brodkorb p. 234
1971Anthropornis grandis Simpson p. 366
2002Anthropornis grandis Myrcha et al. p. 19
2006Anthropornis grandis Jadwiszczak p. 17
2006Anthropornis grandis Tambussi et al. p. 151
2007Anthropornis grandis Chavez p. 554
2012Anthropornis grandis Jadwiszczak p. 263
2019Anthropornis grandis Acosta Hospitaleche et al. p. 604

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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
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
genusAnthropornis
speciesgrandis()

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.

†Anthropornis grandis Wiman 1905
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Anthropornis grandis (100414)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) Anthropornis grandis (63550)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica Anthropornis grandis (38816)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Anthropornis grandis (53666)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica Pachypteryx grandis (type locality: 77358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Anthropornis grandis (207777)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica Anthropornis grandis (100410 100411)