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Oceanites

Reptilia - Oceanitidae

Taxonomy
Oceanites was named by Keyserling and Blasius (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Oceanitinae by Olson (1985) and Olson (1985); to Hydrobatidae by Clements et al. (2017); and to Oceanitidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Worthy (1997) and Chesser et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Oceanites Keyserling and Blasius
1985Oceanites Olson p. 125
1988Oceanites Carroll
1997Oceanites Worthy p. 101
2017Oceanites Clements et al.
2018Oceanites Chesser et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Procellariiformes(Fürbringer 1888)
familyOceanitidaeForbes 1882
genusOceanitesKeyserling and Blasius 1840

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. Oceanites Keyserling and Blasius 1840
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Oceanites oceanicus Kuhl 1820 [Wilson's storm-petrel]
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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:15
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa (Cape) O. zaloscarthmus (176419)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa O. sp. (100313) O. zaloscarthmus (22221 22222)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica O. oceanicus (90111)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Falkland Islands (Malvinas) O. oceanicus (194620)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Southern Territories O. sp. (194621)