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Ornithuromorpha

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	82614	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82614

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Ornithuromorpha

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ornithuromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Ornithothoraces	stated with evidence	Chiappe, 2002
Ornithuromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Ornithothoraces	stated without evidence	You et al., 2006
Ornithuromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Ornithothoraces	stated with evidence	O'Connor et al., 2010
Ornithuromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Pygostylia	stated with evidence	Kurochkin et al., 2013
Ornithuromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Aves	stated with evidence	O'Connor and Sullivan, 2014
Ornithuromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Ornithothoraces	stated with evidence	Wang et al., 2014
Ornithuromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Ornithothoraces	stated without evidence	Liu et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

4,359

Extant Size (PBDB)

2,421 (56%)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelurosauria)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. You, M. C. Lamanna, and J. D. Harris, L. M. Chiappe, J. O.'Connor, S. Ji, C. Yuan, D. Li, X. Zhang, K. J. Lacovara, P. Dodson, Q. Ji. 2006. A nearly modern amphibious bird from the early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Science 312:1640-1643

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ornithurae subclass	listed (PBDB)	8,982	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Hongshanornithidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	12	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Schizoouridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Songlingornithidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Alamitornis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ambiortus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Apsaravis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Archaeorhynchus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Bellulia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Changmaornis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Chaoyangia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dingavis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eogranivora ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gansus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gargantuavis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	5	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hollanda ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Iteravis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jianchangornis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jiuquanornis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Juehuaornis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Liaoningornis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Patagopteryx ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Piscivoravis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Samrukia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Schizooura ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Vorona ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	5	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Yumenornis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Zhongjianornis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1999	Ornithuromorpha Chiappe and et al.
2002	Ornithuromorpha Chiappe p. 451 fig. 20.1
2006	Ornithuromorpha You et al. p. 1643 figs. Fig. 3
2010	Ornithuromorpha O'Connor et al. p. 319
2013	Ornithuromorpha Kurochkin et al.
2013	Ornithuromorpha O'Connor and Zelenkov
2014	Ornithuromorpha Liu et al.
2014	Ornithuromorpha O'Connor and Sullivan

Year	Name and Author
2014	Ornithuromorpha Wang et al.
2014	Ornithuromorpha Wang et al.
2014	Ornithuromorpha Zhang et al.
2016	Ornithuromorpha O'Connor et al.
2016	Ornithuromorpha Wang et al.
2017	Ornithuromorpha McLachlan et al. p. 2
2020	Ornithuromorpha Wang et al.

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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