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Catharista occidentalis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8442353https://www.gbif.org/species/8442353
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)291538https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=291538
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Cathartidae : Catharista : Catharista occidentalis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Cathartiformes : Cathartidae : Catharista : Catharista occidentalis
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
genusCatharistaVieillot 1816
speciesCatharista occidentalisMiller 1909
Generic NameCatharista
Scientific NameCatharista occidentalis Miller, 1909
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Catharista occidentalisspeciesbelongs to Catharistastated with evidenceMiller, 1909
Catharista occidentalisspeciesbelongs to Coragypsstated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance0.30 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
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)L. H. Miller. 1909. Teratornis, a new avian genus from Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(2):305-317

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Coragyps occidentalis (Miller, 1909)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Cathartidae : Catharista : Coragyps occidentalis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1909Catharista occidentalis Miller p. 306
1933Coragyps occidentalis Lambrecht p. 396

References

Miller L. H. (1909) Teratornis, a new avian genus from Rancho La Brea, University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5 2, 305-317
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024
L. H. Miller (1909) Teratornis, a new avian genus from Rancho La Brea: University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 2: 305--317 - via Catalogue of Life
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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