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Gigantornis
Taxonomy
Gigantornis was named by Andrews (1916). Its type is Gigantornis eaglesomei.
It was assigned to Aves by Andrews (1916); to Procellariiformes by Lambrecht (1933); to Dasornithidae by Harrison and Walker (1976); and to Pelagornithidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Mayr et al. (2008), Cenizo et al. (2015) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Aves by Andrews (1916); to Procellariiformes by Lambrecht (1933); to Dasornithidae by Harrison and Walker (1976); and to Pelagornithidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Mayr et al. (2008), Cenizo et al. (2015) and Mayr (2022).
Species
G. eaglesomei (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Gigantornis Andrews p. 523 |
| 1933 | Gigantornis Lambrecht p. 265 |
| 1976 | Gigantornis Harrison and Walker p. 28 |
| 1985 | Gigantornis Olson p. 196 |
| 1988 | Gigantornis Carroll |
| 2008 | Gigantornis Mayr et al. p. 762 |
| 2015 | Gigantornis Cenizo et al. p. 10 figs. Figure 7 |
| 2022 | Gigantornis Mayr p. 48 figs. Fig. 4.3 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||