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Teratornis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39646https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39646
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Cathartiformes : Cathartidae : Teratornis
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
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
subfamilyTeratornithinae
genusTeratornisMiller 1909
Common Nameteratorn
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Teratornisgenusbelongs to Teratornithidaestated with evidenceMiller, 1909
Teratornisgenusbelongs to Teratornithidaestated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Teratornisgenusbelongs to Teratornithidaestated with evidenceWetmore, 1960
Teratornisgenusbelongs to TeratornithidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Cathartidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cathartidae)
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)L. H. Miller. 1909. Teratornis, a new avian genus from Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(2):305-317

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Teratornis merriami
species
listed (PBDB)Merriam's Teratorn91.80 Ma
Pleistocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1909Teratornis Miller p. 307
1933Teratornis Lambrecht p. 397
1940Teratornis Wetmore p. 31
1960Teratornis Wetmore p. 26
1988Teratornis Carroll

References

Miller L. H. (1909) Teratornis, a new avian genus from Rancho La Brea, University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5 2, 305-317
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
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
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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