Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Neocathartes grallator

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae

Taxonomy
Eocathartes grallator was named by Wetmore (1944). Its type specimen is CMNH 9377 , a partial skeleton (skull and postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Washakie bathornithid, which is in an Uintan fluvial sandstone in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Neocathartes.

It was recombined as Neocathartes grallator by Wetmore (1950), Wetmore (1956) and Wetmore (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Eocathartes grallator Wetmore
1950Neocathartes grallator Wetmore
1956Neocathartes grallator Wetmore p. 35
1960Neocathartes grallator Wetmore p. 11

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
infraorderCariamides
superfamilyCariamoidea
familyBathornithidaeWetmore 1927
genusNeocathartes
speciesgrallator()

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.

Neocathartes grallator Wetmore 1944
show all | hide all
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: Uintan or 46.20000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) Eocathartes grallator (type locality: 13323)