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Dasornis

Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Dasornis Owen
1873Odontopteryx Owen
1878Argillornis Owen p. 124
1890Argillornis Zittel p. 844
1890Odontopteryx Zittel p. 844
1933Argillornis Lambrecht p. 282
1933Dasornis Lambrecht p. 578
1960Odontopteryx Wetmore p. 24
1976Odontopteryx Harrison and Walker p. 7
1976Dasornis Harrison and Walker p. 24
1976Argillornis Harrison and Walker p. 26
1977Neptuniavis Harrison and Walker p. 9
1977Odontopteryx Harrison and Walker p. 12
1977Argillornis Harrison and Walker p. 19
1977Dasornis Harrison and Walker p. 19
1985Dasornis Olson p. 195
1988Dasornis Carroll
1988Odontopteryx Carroll
1989Argillornis Goedert p. 940
2002Odontopteryx González-Barba et al. p. 723
2002Neptuniavis Mayr et al. p. 667
2002Neptuniavis Mlikovsky p. 78
2002Odontopteryx Mlikovsky p. 81
2002Dasornis Mlikovsky p. 82
2002Argillornis Mlikovsky p. 83
2005Argillornis Bourdon p. 587
2005Odontopteryx Bourdon p. 587 figs. Fig. 2
2008Dasornis Mayr p. 1108
2008Odontopteryx Mayr p. 1114
2010Dasornis Bourdon et al. p. 4
2010Dasornis Mayr and Smith p. 369
2011Dasornis Mayr and Zvonok p. 1348
2011Odontopteryx Mayr and Zvonok p. 1351
2015Dasornis Cenizo et al. p. 10 figs. Figure 7
2019Dasornis Mayr and Smith p. 255
2022Dasornis Mayr p. 48 figs. Fig. 4.3

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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
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderOdontopterygiformesHoward 1957
familyPelagornithidaeFürbringer 1888
genusDasornisOwen 1870

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. †Dasornis Owen 1870
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Dasornis abdoun Bourdon et al. 2010
Dasornis emuinus Bowerbank 1854
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Invalid names: Argillornis longipennis Owen 1878 [synonym], Dasornis londinensis Owen 1870 [synonym], Neptuniavis miranda Harrison and Walker 1977 [synonym]
Dasornis toliapica Owen 1873
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Invalid names: Neptuniavis minor Harrison and Walker 1977 [synonym]
Invalid names: Argillornis Owen 1878 [synonym], Neptuniavis Harrison and Walker 1977 [synonym], Odontopteryx Owen 1873 [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: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:43
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Priabonian or 61.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Morocco D. tolapica (68176)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) D. toliapica (77353)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco D. taliapica, D. emuinus (83313) D. tolapica, D. emuinus (91363)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Argillornis longipennis (8050) Lithornis emuinus, D. londinensis, Argillornis longipennis, Odontopteryx toliapica (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (West Flanders) D. emuinus (68430)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco (Oued Zem) D. emuinus, D. abdoun (35132)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Odontopteryx sp. (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom D. londinensis, Argillornis longipennis, Neptuniavis miranda, Odontopteryx toliapica, Neptuniavis minor (215472)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Baja California Sur) Odontopteryx sp. (87017)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) D. sp. (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium (Brussels) Argillornis longipennis (124686)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Argillornis sp. (75900)