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Ceramornis

Description

Ceramornis is a prehistoric bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. It lived shortly before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event in the Maastrichtian, some 66 million years ago (mya). Its remains were found in the Lull 2 location, a Lance Formation site in Niobrara County, Wyoming (United States). A single species is known, Ceramornis major, and even that only from a proximal piece of coracoid. This is specimen UCMP V53957, which was collected by a University of California team in 1958.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4849853https://www.gbif.org/species/4849853
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)134708https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134708
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Ceramornis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Cimolopterygidae : Ceramornis
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
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyCimolopterygidaeBrodkorb 1963
genusCeramornisBrodkorb 1963
Scientific NameCeramornis Brodkorb, 1963
Name Published InInt. orn. Congr. 12 (1962)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ceramornisgenusbelongs to Cimolopterygidaestated with evidenceBrodkorb, 1963
Ceramornisgenusbelongs to Cimolopterygidaestated without evidenceCracraft, 1972
Ceramornisgenusbelongs to Neornithesstated with evidenceHope, 2002
Ceramornisgenusbelongs to Cimolopterygidaestated with evidenceAgnolin, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Charadriiformes)
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)P. Brodkorb. 1963. Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Proceedings of the XIII International Ornithological Congress
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramornis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ceramornis major
species
listed (PBDB)170.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1963Ceramornis Brodkorb p. 69
1972Ceramornis Cracraft p. 45
2002Ceramornis Hope p. 372
2010Ceramornis Agnolin

References

Brodkorb P. (1963) Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming, Proceedings of the XIII International Ornithological Congress, 55-70
Cracraft J. (1972) A new Cretaceous charadriiform family, The Auk 89 1, 36-46
Hope S. (2002) The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, 339-388
Agnolin F. L. (2010) An avian coracoid from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 46 2, 99-119
Int. orn. Congr. 12 (1962) - 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
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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