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Anthropornis

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Anthropornis Ameghino p. 149
1905Pachypteryx Ameghino p. 150
1905Pachypteryx Wiman p. 240
1905Anthropornis Wiman p. 249 figs. Pl. XII, Fig. 6
1905Pachypteryx Wiman p. 250 figs. Pl. XII, Fig. 3
1933Anthropornis Lambrecht p. 233
1933Pachypteryx Lambrecht p. 235
1946Pachypteryx Simpson p. 37
1946Anthropornis Simpson p. 38
1963Anthropornis Brodkorb p. 234
1971Anthropornis Simpson p. 365
1985Anthropornis Jenkins p. 183
1988Anthropornis Carroll
2002Anthropornis Myrcha et al. p. 17
2006Anthropornis Jadwiszczak p. 11
2006Anthropornis Ksepka et al. p. 416 figs. Figure 3
2006Anthropornis Tambussi et al. p. 151
2011Anthropornis Jadwiszczak and Mörs p. 272
2012Anthropornis Jadwiszczak p. 263
2019Anthropornis Acosta Hospitaleche et al. p. 604

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
genusAnthropornis

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. †Anthropornis Wiman 1905
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Anthropornis grandis Wiman 1905
Invalid names: Pachypteryx Wiman 1905 [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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. grandis (63550)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica A. grandis (100414)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica A. grandis (38816)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. grandis, A. nordenskjoeldi (53666)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. grandis (207777)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica A. nordenskjoldii, Pachypteryx grandis (77358)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. sp. (63553)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica A. grandis, A. nordenskjoeldi (100411) A. sp., A. grandis, A. nordenskjoeldi (100410)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Antarctica A. sp. (88443 88445)