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Halimornis

Description

Halimornis was an enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Late Cretaceous about 80 mya and is known from fossils found in the Mooreville Chalk Formation in Greene County, Alabama. It is known from a single fossil individual, including preserved vertebrae, leg bones and part of the humerus (upper arm bone).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4848823https://www.gbif.org/species/4848823
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)122606https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=122606
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Halimornis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Avisauridae : Halimornis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
subclassEnantiornithesWalker 1981
familyAvisauridaeBrett-Surman and Paul 1985
genusHalimornisChiappe Lamb & Ericson 2002
Scientific NameHalimornis Chiappe, Lamb & Ericson, 2002
Name Published InJ Vertebr Paleontol 22 (1), 14 March
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Halimornisgenusbelongs to Euenantiornithesstated with evidenceChiappe, 2002
Halimornisgenusbelongs to Euenantiornithesstated without evidenceChiappe et al., 2002
Halimornisgenusbelongs to Avisauridaestated with evidenceCau and Arduini, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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)L. M. Chiappe, J. P. Lamb, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2002. New enantiornithine bird from the marine upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):170-174
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halimornis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Halimornis thompsoni
species
listed (PBDB)183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Halimornis Chiappe p. 457
2002Halimornis Chiappe et al. p. 170
2008Halimornis Cau and Arduini

References

Chiappe L. M., Lamb J. P., et al (2002) New enantiornithine bird from the marine upper Cretaceous of Alabama, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 1, 170-174
Chiappe L. M. (2002) Basal bird phylogeny: problems and solutions, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, 448-472
Cau A., Arduini P. (2008) Enantiophoenix electrophyla gen. et sp. nov. (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon and its phylogenetic relationships, Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149 2, 293-324
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
original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J Vertebr Paleontol 22 (1), 14 March - 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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