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Ichthyornithidae (disused)

Reptilia - Ichthyornithidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ichthyornidae Marsh p. 74
1902Ichthyornithidae Hay p. 519
1930Ichthyornithidae Hay p. 281
1933Ichthyornithidae Lambrecht p. 579
1940Ichthyornithidae Wetmore p. 4
1956Ichthyornithidae Wetmore p. 5
1960Ichthyornithidae Wetmore p. 23
1962Pelagodornithidae Wetmore p. 3
1972Angelinornithidae Kashin
1981Plegadornithidae Thurmond and Jones p. 164
1988Ichthyornithidae Carroll
1992Ichthyornithidae Parris and Echols
1997Ichthyornithidae Tokaryk et al. p. 175
2001Ichthyornithidae Elzanowski et al. p. 718
2007Ichthyornithidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
PygostyliaChiappe 2002
Ornithothoraces
OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
Ichthyornithes()
familyIchthyornithidae()
familyIchthyornithidae()

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. †Ichthyornithidae Marsh 1873
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Invalid names: Angelinornithidae Kashin 1972 [synonym], Plegadornithidae Wetmore 1962 [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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:48
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:48
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available