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Bathornis

Description

Bathornis ("tall bird") is an extinct lineage of birds related to modern day seriemas, that lived in North America about 37–20 million years ago. Like the closely related and also extinct phorusrhacids, it was a flightless predator, occupying predatory niches in environments classically considered to be dominated by mammals. It was a highly diverse and successful genus, spanning a large number of species that occurred from the Priabonian Eocene to the Burdigalian Miocene epochs.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4852391https://www.gbif.org/species/4852391
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39474https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39474
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Bathornithidae : Bathornis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Bathornithidae : Bathornis
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
genusBathornisWetmore 1927
Scientific NameBathornis Wetmore, 1927
Name Published InProc. Colorado Mus., 7, no. 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bathornisgenusbelongs to Bathornithidaestated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Bathornisgenusbelongs to Bathornithidaestated with evidenceWetmore, 1960
Bathornisgenusbelongs to BathornithidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
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/Bathornis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bathornis celeripes
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
133.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Bathornis cursor
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Bathornis fricki
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
130.8 Ma
Oligocene
30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Bathornis geographicus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
133.3 Ma
Oligocene
33.3 Ma
Oligocene
Bathornis minor
species
listed (PBDB)130.8 Ma
Oligocene
30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Bathornis veredus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
437.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1927Bathornis Wetmore
1933Bathornis Lambrecht p. 530
1940Bathornis Wetmore p. 54
1953Bathornis Galbreath p. 40
1960Bathornis Wetmore p. 27
1968Bathornis Cracraft p. 5
1988Bathornis Carroll

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024
Galbreath E. C. (1953) A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4, 1-120
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
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Colorado Mus., 7, no. 2 - 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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