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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Diatrymidae : Diatryma : Diatryma gigantea |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Diatrymiformes : Diatrymidae : Diatryma : Diatryma gigantea |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Diatryma |
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| Scientific Name | Diatryma gigantea Cope, 1876 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Diatryma gigantea | species | belongs to Diatryma | stated without evidence | Cope, 1876 | | Diatryma gigantea | species | belongs to Diatryma | stated with evidence | Lucas, 1903 | | Diatryma gigantea | species | belongs to Diatryma | stated without evidence | Shufeldt, 1915 | | Diatryma gigantea | species | belongs to Diatryma | stated with evidence | Matthew and Granger, 1917 | | Diatryma gigantea | species | belongs to Diatryma | stated without evidence | Lambrecht, 1933 | | Diatryma gigantea | species | belongs to Diatryma | stated with evidence | Witmer and Rose, 1991 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Diatryma) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Diatryma) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1876. On a gigantic bird from the Eocene of New Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:10-11 |
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| Cope E. D. On a gigantic bird from the Eocene of New Mexico, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28, 10-11 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Shufeldt R. W. (1915) Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19, 1-110 |
| Matthew W. D., Granger W. (1917) The skeleton of Diatryma, a gigantic bird from the Lower Eocene of Wyoming, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37 11, 307-326 |
| Sinclair W. J. (1928) Omorhamphus, a new flightless bird from the Lower Eocene of Wyoming, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 67 1, 51-65 |
| Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024 |
| Witmer L. M., Rose K. D. (1991) Biomechanics of the jaw apparatus of the gigantic Eocene bird Diatryma: implications for diet and mode of life, Paleobiology 17 2, 95-120 |
| W. J. Sinclair (1928) Omorhamphus, a new flightless bird from the Lower Eocene of Wyoming: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1: 51--65 - via Catalogue of Life |
| L. M. Witmer, K. D. Rose (1991) Biomechanics of the jaw apparatus of the gigantic Eocene bird Diatryma: implications for diet and mode of life: Paleobiology 2: 95--120 - via Catalogue of Life |
| E. D. Cope (1876) On a gigantic bird from the Eocene of New Mexico: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: 10--11 - via Catalogue of Life |
| W. D. Matthew, W. Granger (1917) The skeleton of Diatryma, a gigantic bird from the Lower Eocene of Wyoming: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 11: 307--326 - via Catalogue of Life |
Diatryma gigantea ✝
