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Griphornis
Description | Archaeopteryx (transl. 'old wing'; sometimes referred to by its German name Urvogel (transl. 'original bird' or 'first bird')), is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern birds. The name derives from the ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (archaīos) meaning "ancient", and πτέρυξ (ptéryx), meaning "feather" or "wing". Between the late 19th century and the early 21st century, Archaeopteryx had been generally accepted by palaeontologists and popular reference books as the oldest known bird (member of the group Avialae). Older potential avialans have since been identified, including Anchiornis, Xiaotingia, and Aurornis. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griphornis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Griphornis | |||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Griphornis | |||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griphornis |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Griphornis longicaudatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
References
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 607 Archaeopteryx von Meyer, 1861 (Aves); addition to the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(4), 260-261 (1961) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology |
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 |
Intell. Observ., 2 - 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!