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Sylviornithidae

Osteichthyes - Sylviornithidae

Taxonomy
Sylviornithidae was named by Mourer-Chauviré and Balouet (2005). Its type is Sylviornis.

It was assigned to Megapodioidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Galloanseres by Worthy et al. (2016); and to Sylviornithes by Worthy et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Megavitiornis, Sylviornis (type genus)
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2007-04-26; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-06-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sylviornithidae Mourer-Chauviré and Balouet
2007Sylviornithidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89
2016Sylviornithidae Worthy et al.
2017Sylviornithidae Worthy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
familySylviornithidaeMourer-Chauviré and Balouet 2005
familySylviornithidaeMourer-Chauviré and Balouet 2005

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. †Sylviornithidae Mourer-Chauviré and Balouet 2005
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G. †Megavitiornis Worthy 2000
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G. †Sylviornis Poplin 1980
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†Sylviornis neocaledoniae Poplin 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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantuc
Diet: herbivoreuc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:01
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:01
Source: o = order, uc = unranked clade
References: Livezey 1997, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Fiji Megavitiornis altirostris (26129 194724)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Fiji Megavitiornis altirostris (27077 194723 194725 194726)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Sylviornis neocaledoniae (13221 23115 193984 193985 193986 193987 193988 193989 193990)