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Bathornithidae

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae

Taxonomy
Bathornithidae was named by Wetmore (1927). Its type is Bathornis.

It was reranked as the subfamily Bathornithinae by Hay (1930) and Mourer-Chauviré (1981).

It was assigned to Oedicnemidae by Hay (1930); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Cariamidae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981); to Cariamae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Cracraft (1968) and Carroll (1988); and to Cariamoidea by Wetmore (1960) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Bathornithidae Wetmore
1930Bathornithinae Hay p. 339
1933Bathornithidae Lambrecht p. 530
1940Bathornithidae Wetmore p. 54
1956Bathornithidae Wetmore p. 67
1960Bathornithidae Wetmore p. 27
1968Bathornithidae Cracraft p. 5
1981Bathornithinae Mourer-Chauviré p. 643
1988Bathornithidae Carroll
2007Bathornithidae 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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—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
familyBathornithidaeWetmore 1927

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. †Bathornithidae Wetmore 1927
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G. †Bathornis Wetmore 1927
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†Bathornis celeripes Wetmore 1933
†Bathornis cursor Wetmore 1933
†Bathornis fricki Cracraft 1968
†Bathornis geographicus Wetmore 1942
†Bathornis grallator Wetmore 1944
†Bathornis minor Cracraft 1971
†Bathornis veredus Wetmore 1927
Invalid names: Neocathartes Wetmore 1950 [synonym]
G. †Eutreptornis Cracraft 1971
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†Eutreptornis uintae Cracraft 1971
G. †Paracrax Brodkorb 1964
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†Paracrax antiqua Shufeldt 1915
†Paracrax gigantea Cracraft 1968
†Paracrax wetmorei Cracraft 1968
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: base of the Uintan to the top of the Geringian or 46.20000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Eutreptornis uintae (197280)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Eocathartes grallator (13323)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Bathornis veredus (99642)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Bathornis veredus (99641)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Bathornis veredus (16978 197281)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Bathornis celeripes (17084) Bathornis sp. (17094)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Bathornis geographicus (17329) Paracrax gigantea (17317) Paracrax wetmorei, Paracrax gigantea (17344)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Bathornis minor (17649)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Bathornis fricki (17727)