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Steganopodes

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes

Taxonomy
Steganopodes was named as a suborder.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Steganopodes by Zittel (1890), De Vis (1892) and Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the order Steganopodes by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Ciconiiformes by Zittel (1890); to Carinatae by De Vis (1892); to Euornithes by Hay (1902); to Aves by Case (1904); to Ciconiiformes by Jaekel (1911); to Neornithes by Bourdon et al. (2005); and to Pelecaniformes by Mayr (2002) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Steganopodes Zittel p. 841
1892Steganopodes De Vis p. 455
1902Steganopodes Hay p. 532
1904Steganopodes Case p. 58
1911Steganopodes Jaekel p. 178
2002Steganopodes Mayr p. 507
2005Steganopodes Bourdon et al. p. 167
2007Steganopodes Livezey and Zusi p. 91

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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
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
suborderSteganopodes
suborderSteganopodes

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.

Subor. †Steganopodes
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Infraor. Fregatides
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Invalid names: Fregatoidea [empty]
Unr. †Pelecani
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Superfm. Pelecanoidea Rafinesque 1815
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Fm. †Cyphornithidae Wemore 1928
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G. †Palaeochenoides Shufeldt 1916
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†Palaeochenoides miocaenus Schufeldt 1916
Infraor. Pelecanides
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Unr. Sulida Reichenbach 1849
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Superfm. Suloidea Hay 1930
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Fm. †Elopterygidae Lambrecht 1933
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G. †Actiornis Lydekker 1891
Invalid names: Phalacrocoracoidea [empty]
Invalid names: Pelecanida [empty]
G. Plotus Linnaeus 1766
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†Plotus pannonicus Lambrect 1916
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 10:40:27
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:27
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Miocene or 37.20000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Chattian41.3 - 23.03USA (Washington) Phalacrocoracoidea indet. (62246)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Actiornis anglicus (181272)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Palaeochenoides mioceanus (18506)