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Plesiocathartes

Description

Plesiocathartes is an extinct genus of birds that lived during the Eocene to Oligocene period. It currently presents 5 species from Europe and North America. It was originally described related to New World vultures, but however recent studies has uncovered that the genus was more closely related to the cuckoo roller from Madagascar.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4850562https://www.gbif.org/species/4850562
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39650https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39650
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Cathartidae : Plesiocathartes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Cathartiformes : Cathartidae : Plesiocathartes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
genusPlesiocathartesGaillard 1908
Scientific NamePlesiocathartes Gaillard, 1908
Name Published InAnn. Univ. Lyon, (N. S.) Sci. Méd., No. 23
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plesiocathartesgenusbelongs to Cathartidaestated with evidenceGaillard, 1908
Plesiocathartesgenusbelongs to Cathartidaestated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Plesiocathartesgenusbelongs to VulturidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 28.4 Ma
Paleogene
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)C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiocathartes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Plesiocathartes europaeus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
137.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Plesiocathartes kelleri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
148.6 Ma
Eocene
48.6 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1908Plesiocathartes Gaillard p. 41
1933Plesiocathartes Lambrecht p. 394
1988Plesiocathartes Carroll
2019Plesiocathartes Mayr and Smith p. 266

References

Gaillard C. (1908) Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites], Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23, 1-178
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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
original publication/web search (AJR). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ann. Univ. Lyon, (N. S.) Sci. Méd., No. 23 - 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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