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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Lithornis : Lithornis emuinus |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Lithornis emuinus | species | belongs to Lithornis | stated without evidence | Bowerbank, 1854 | | Lithornis emuinus | species | belongs to Lithornis | stated with evidence | Gervais, 1859 | | Lithornis emuinus | species | belongs to Megalornis | stated without evidence | Seeley, 1866 | | Lithornis emuinus | species | belongs to Argillornis | stated without evidence | Harrison and Walker, 1976 | | Lithornis emuinus | species | belongs to Dasornis | stated without evidence | Mayr, 2008 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Theropoda) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Coelurosauria) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Mayr. 2008. A skull of the giant bony-toothed bird Dasornis (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Lower Eocene of the Isle of Sheppey. Palaeontology 51(5):1107-1116 |
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| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1854 | Lithornis emuinus Bowerbank p. 263 |
| 1859 | Lithornis emuinus Gervais p. 421 |
| 1866 | Megalornis emuinus Seeley p. 110 |
| 1870 | Dasornis londinensis Owen |
| 1878 | Argillornis longipennis Owen |
| 1909 | Argillornis longipennis Dollo p. 111 |
| 1933 | Argillornis longipennis Lambrecht p. 282 |
| 1933 | Dasornis londinensis Lambrecht p. 578 |
| 1934 | Dasornis londinensis Swinton p. 2 |
| 1976 | Dasornis londinensis Harrison and Walker p. 24 |
| 1976 | Argillornis emuinus Harrison and Walker p. 26 |
| Mayr G. (2008) A skull of the giant bony-toothed bird Dasornis (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Lower Eocene of the Isle of Sheppey, Palaeontology 51 5, 1107-1116 |
| Gervais P. , Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés dont on Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol de la France et sur leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Propres aux Autres Régions du Globe (Deuxième Edition) [French Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found Buried in the Soil of France and their Comparison with Species Specific to Other Regions of the Globe (Second Edition)], 544 |
| Dollo L. (1909) The fossil vertebrates of Belgium, Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19 4, 99-119 |
| Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024 |
| Swinton W. E. (1934) , A Guide to the Fossil Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 7, xii-87 |
| Harrison J. O., Walker C. A. (1976) A review of the bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes): With descriptions of some new species, Tertiary Research Special Paper 2, 1-62 |
| Olson S. L. (1985) The fossil record of birds, Avian Biology VIII, 79-256 |
| Bourdon E., Amaghzaz M., et al (2010) Pseudotoothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the early Tertiary of Morocco, American Museum Novitates 3704, 1-71 |
| Mayr G., Smith T. (2010) Bony-toothed birds (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the middle Eocene of Belgium, Palaeontology 53 2, 365-376 |
| Bourdon E., Cappetta H. (2012) Pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo, Africa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 4, 965-970 |
| Cenizo M., Acosta Hospitaleche C., et al (2016) Diversity of pseudo-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Antarctica, Journal of Paleontology doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.48 |
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