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Plesiocathartes

Reptilia - Leptosomiformes

Taxonomy

Plesiocathartes was named by Gaillard (1908). Its type is Plesiocathartes europaeus.

It was assigned to Cathartidae by Gaillard (1908) and Lambrecht (1933); to Falcones by de Villalta (1963); to Vulturidae by Carroll (1988); to Leptosomidae by Mayr (2005); and to Leptosomiformes by Mayr and Smith (2019).

Species

P. europaeus (type species), P. gaillardi, P. insolitipes, P. kelleri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1908	Plesiocathartes Gaillard p. 41
1933	Plesiocathartes Lambrecht p. 394
1963	Plesiocathartes de Villalta p. 266
1988	Plesiocathartes Carroll
2005	Plesiocathartes Mayr p. 319
2019	Plesiocathartes Mayr and Smith p. 266

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
order	Leptosomiformes	Sharpe 1891
genus	Plesiocathartes

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.

G. †Plesiocathartes Gaillard 1908

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†Plesiocathartes europaeus Gaillard 1908

†Plesiocathartes gaillardi Crusafont and Villalta 1955

†Plesiocathartes insolitipes Mayr and Kitchener 2023

†Plesiocathartes kelleri Mayr 2002

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 MP 11 to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.60000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Belgium (West Flanders)	P. sp. (68430)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	United Kingdom (England)	P. insolitipes (224382)
MP 11	48.6 - 40.4	Germany (Hessen)	P. kelleri (120798)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene	37.2 - 28.4	France	P. europaeus (13325)