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Ciconiae

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy
Ciconiae was named as a suborder. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Ciconiae by Jaekel (1911).

It was assigned to Ciconiiformes by Jaekel (1911); and to Ciconiiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Cheneval (1984) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Ciconiae Jaekel p. 178
1933Ciconiae Lambrecht p. 317
1940Ciconiae Wetmore p. 17
1956Ciconiae Wetmore p. 22
1984Ciconiae Cheneval p. 81
2007Ciconiae Livezey and Zusi p. 91

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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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCiconiae
suborderCiconiae

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.

Subor. Ciconiae
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Superfm. Threskiornithoidea Lambrecht 1933
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Fm. Plataleidae Bonaparte 1838 [spoonbill]
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G. †Apteribis Olsen and Wetmore 1976
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†Apteribis brevis Olson and James 1991
†Apteribis glenos Olson and Wetmore 1976
G. †Xenibis
Invalid names: Ciconioidea [empty], Pelagodornithoidea Wetmore 1962 [empty]
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Plataleidae indet. (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Plataleidae indet. (21828 21829)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Apteribis glenos (110072)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Apteribis glenos (110073 110074) Apteribis sp. (110075 110078 176474 176475 176477 176478 176480 176481 176482) Apteribis sp., Apteribis brevis (176476)