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Bathornis

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae

Taxonomy

Bathornis was named by Wetmore (1927). Its type is Bathornis veredus. It is the type genus of Bathornithidae.

It was assigned to Bathornithinae by Hay (1930); to Bathornithinae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981); and to Bathornithidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Galbreath (1953), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Cracraft (1968) and Carroll (1988).

Species

B. celeripes, B. cursor, B. fricki, B. geographicus, B. grallator, B. minor, B. veredus (type species), Neocathartes grallator

Synonyms

Eocathartes was named by Wetmore (1944). It is not extant.

It was replaced with Neocathartes by Wetmore (1950).

It was assigned to Cathartidae by Wetmore (1944).
Neocathartes was named by Wetmore (1950).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bathornis by Mayr (2007).

It was assigned to Neocathartidae by Wetmore (1956) and Wetmore (1960); to Cathartae by Amadon (1977); and to Bathornithidae by Emslie (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1927	Bathornis Wetmore
1930	Bathornis Hay p. 339
1933	Bathornis Lambrecht p. 530
1940	Bathornis Wetmore p. 54
1944	Eocathartes Wetmore
1950	Neocathartes Wetmore p. 235
1953	Bathornis Galbreath p. 40
1956	Neocathartes Wetmore p. 35
1956	Bathornis Wetmore p. 67
1960	Neocathartes Wetmore p. 25
1960	Bathornis Wetmore p. 27
1968	Bathornis Cracraft p. 5
1977	Neocathartes Amadon p. 413
1981	Bathornis Mourer-Chauviré p. 643
1988	Bathornis Carroll
1988	Neocathartes Emslie

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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	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Telmatorae
superorder	Charadriimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Gruiformes	Bonaparte 1854
suborder	Cariamae	Fürbringer 1888
infraorder	Cariamides
superfamily	Cariamoidea
family	Bathornithidae	Wetmore 1927
genus	Bathornis	Wetmore 1927

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. †Bathornis Wetmore 1927

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†Bathornis celeripes Wetmore 1933

†Bathornis cursor Wetmore 1933

†Bathornis fricki Cracraft 1968

†Bathornis geographicus Wetmore 1942

†Bathornis grallator Wetmore 1944

†Bathornis minor Cracraft 1971

†Bathornis veredus Wetmore 1927

Invalid names: Neocathartes Wetmore 1950 [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:

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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Geringian or 46.20000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	Eocathartes grallator (13323)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Nebraska)	B. veredus (99641)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (South Dakota)	B. veredus (16978 197281)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	B. veredus (99642)
Orellan	33.9 - 33.3	USA (South Dakota)	B. celeripes (17084) B. sp. (17094)
Whitneyan	33.3 - 30.8	USA (South Dakota)	B. geographicus (17329)
Geringian	30.8 - 26.3	USA (South Dakota)	B. minor (17649)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Wyoming)	B. fricki (17727)