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Bathornithidae ✝

Description

Bathornithidae is an extinct family of birds from the Eocene to Miocene of North America. Part of Cariamiformes, they are related to the still extant seriemas and the also extinct Phorusrhacidae. They were likely similar in habits, being terrestrial, long-legged predators, some of which attained massive sizes.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4852390https://www.gbif.org/species/4852390
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39473https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39473
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Bathornithidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Bathornithidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
infraorderCariamides
superfamilyCariamoidea
familyBathornithidaeWetmore 1933
Scientific NameBathornithidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bathornithidaefamilybelongs to Gruaestated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Bathornithidaefamilybelongs to Cariamoideastated with evidenceWetmore, 1960
Bathornithidaefamilybelongs to Cariamaestated with evidenceCracraft, 1968
Bathornithidaefamilybelongs to CariamaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Bathornithidaefamilybelongs to Cariamoideastated with evidenceLivezey and Zusi, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)14
First Recorded Appearance46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance30.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathornithidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bathornis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
937.2 Ma
Eocene
30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Eutreptornis
genus
listed (PBDB)146.2 Ma
Eocene
46.2 Ma
Eocene
Paracrax
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
333.3 Ma
Oligocene
33.3 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1933Bathornithidae Lambrecht p. 530
1933Bathornithidae Wetmore
1960Bathornithidae Wetmore p. 27
1968Bathornithidae Cracraft p. 5
1988Bathornithidae Carroll
2007Bathornithidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024
Wetmore A. (1960) A classification for the birds of the world, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 139 11, 1-37
Cracraft J. (1968) A review of the Bathornithidae (Aves, Gruiformes), with remarks on the relationships of the suborder Cariamae, American Museum Novitates 2326, 1-46
Livezey B. C., Zusi R. L. (2007) Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 1, 1-95
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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