| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Telmatornis : Telmatornis priscus |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Telmatornis priscus | species | belongs to Telmatornis | stated without evidence | Marsh, 1870 | | Telmatornis priscus | species | belongs to Telmatornis | stated with evidence | Cracraft, 1972 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 56.0 Ma
Phanerozoic |
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| Environment | marine (based on Charadriiformes) |
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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) | O. C. Marsh. 1870. Notice of some fossil birds, from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the United States. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 49(145):205-217 |
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| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1870 | Palaeotringa vetus Marsh |
| 1870 | Telmatornis priscus Marsh |
| 1870 | Palaeotringa vetus Marsh p. 208 |
| 1870 | Telmatornis priscus Marsh p. 210 |
| 1870 | Telmatornis affinis Marsh p. 211 |
| 1872 | Graculavus pumilus Marsh p. 364 |
| 1880 | Graculavus pumilus Marsh p. 195 |
| 1880 | Palaeotringa vetus Marsh p. 200 |
| 1880 | Telmatornis priscus Marsh p. 200 |
| 1880 | Telmatornis affinis Marsh p. 201 |
| 1902 | Palaeotringa vetus Hay p. 527 |
| 1902 | Telmatornis affinis Hay p. 528 |
| 1902 | Telmatornis priscus Hay p. 528 |
| 1902 | Graculavus pumilis Hay p. 533 |
| 1915 | Graculavus pumilus Shufeldt p. 19 |
| Marsh O. C. Notice of some fossil birds, from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the United States, American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 49 145, 205-217 |
| Marsh O. C. Preliminary description of Hesperornis regalis, with notices of four other new species of Cretaceous birds, The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 3 13-18, 360-365 |
| Marsh O. C. Odontornithes: A monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America, Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, made by order of the Secretary of War according to acts of Congress of March 2, 1867, and March 3, 1869, under the direction of Brig. and Bvt. Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers by Clarence King, U.S. Geologist. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 7, 1-201 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Shufeldt R. W. (1915) Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19, 1-110 |
| Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024 |
| Brodkorb P. (1967) Catalogue of fossil birds: Part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes), Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 11 3, 99-220 |
| Cracraft J. (1972) A new Cretaceous charadriiform family, The Auk 89 1, 36-46 |
| Olson S. L., Parris D. C. (1987) The Cretaceous birds of New Jersey, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 63, 1-22 |
| Hope S. (2002) The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, 339-388 |
| Varricchio D. J. (2002) A new bird from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39 1, 19-26 |
Telmatornis priscus ✝
