Lithornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lithornithiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Palaeognathae Ordo: †Lithornithiformes

Familia: †Lithornithidae
Genus: †Lithornis
Species (6): †L. celetius – †L. hookeri – †L. nasi – †L. plebius – †L. promiscuus – †L. vulturinus

Name

• Lithornis Owen, 1840: 165

Type species: Lithornis vulturinus Owen, 1840, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Pediorallus Harrison & Walker, 1977: 36 [syn. Houde, 1988: 24]
• Promusophaga Harrison & Walker, 1977: 40 [syn. Houde, 1988: 24]

References

Primary references

• Owen, R. "1842" [1840]. Description of the Fossil Remains of a Mammal, a Bird, and a Serpent from the London Clay. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3: 162–166. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Owen, R. 1841. Description of the fossil remains of a mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum) and of a bird (Lithornis vulturinus) from the London clay. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 6: 203–208. DOI: 10.1144/transgslb.6.1.203 BHL
• Houde, P.W. 1988. Paleognathous birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 22: 1–148. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Bourdon, E. & Lindow, B. 2015. A redescription of Lithornis vulturinus (Aves, Palaeognathae) from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Zootaxa 4032(5): 493–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.5.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.