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Description

Ciconia maltha, also known as the asphalt stork or La Brea stork, is an extinct stork from the Late Pliocene – Late Pleistocene of United States (California, Oregon, Idaho and Florida), Cuba and Bolivia. It has been found in the La Brea Tar Pits.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4966503https://www.gbif.org/species/4966503
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)110949https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110949
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Ciconiiformes : Ciconiidae : Ciconia : Ciconia maltha
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Ciconiiformes : Ciconiidae : Ciconia : Ciconia maltha
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
-Neognathae
-NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
-NatatoresBaird 1858
-SteganograllatoresLivezey and Zusi 2007
superorderCiconiimorphae
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusCiconiaBrisson 1760
speciesCiconia malthaMiller 1910
Generic NameCiconia
Common Nameasphalt stork
Scientific NameCiconia maltha Miller, 1910
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ciconia malthaspeciesbelongs to Ciconiastated with evidenceMiller, 1910
Ciconia malthaspeciesbelongs to Ciconiastated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Ciconia malthaspeciesbelongs to Ciconiastated with evidenceHoward, 1955
Ciconia malthaspeciesbelongs to Ciconiastated without evidenceHoward, 1972
Ciconia malthaspeciesbelongs to Ciconiastated with evidenceEmslie, 1992
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
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)J. J. Becker. 1982. Birds of the Pleistocene American Falls local fauna, Idaho. Condor 84(4):449
Common Name(s) Asphalt Stork
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciconia_maltha

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Ciconia maltha Miller
1933Ciconia maltha Lambrecht p. 323
1955Ciconia maltha Howard p. 202
1972Ciconia maltha Howard p. 8
1992Ciconia maltha Emslie p. 252
2016Ciconia maltha Kilmer and Steadman p. 18 fig. 13

References

Becker J. J. (1982) Birds of the Pleistocene American Falls local fauna, Idaho, Condor 84 4, 449
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024
Howard H. (1955) Fossil birds from Manix Lake, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-J, 199-205
Howard H. (1972) Type specimens of avian fossils in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science, 1-27
Emslie S. D. (1992) Two new late Blancan avifaunas from Florida and the extinction of wetland birds in the Plio-Pleistocene, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 36, 249-269
Kilmer J. A., Steadman D. W. (2016) A middle Pleistocene bird community from Saint Lucie County, Florida, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 55, 1-38
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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