Telmatornis

Telmatornis

Taxobox
name = "Telmatornis"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Neornithes
infraclassis = Neoaves
ordo= Charadriiformes
genus = "Telmatornis"
genus_authority =
species = "T. priscus"
binomial = "Telmatornis priscus"
binomial_authority = Marsh, 1870
synonyms ="Telmatornis affinis" Marsh, 1870
"Graculavus pumilis" Marsh, 1872
"?Palaeotringa vetus" Marsh, 1870

"Telmatornis" is a prehistoric bird genus of unclear affiliations. It apparently lived in the Late Cretaceous; its remains were found in the early Maastrichtian (c.71-68 million years ago) Navesink Formation of New Jersey. A single species is included today, "Telmatornis priscus". It was for some time united with other taxa of aquatic birds from around the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary in the form taxon "Graculavidae", the supposed "transitional shorebirds", but this group is now known to be artificial.

Some sources erroneously claim it was allied with ducks and geese. The reason for this is that the early anseriform "Anatalavis rex" was for some time included in "Telmatornis". A cladistic analysis of "T. priscus" [Mortimer (2004)] supports the view that this Mesozoic bird was a member of the Charadriiformes, the ancient and diverse group of modern birds that includes for example gulls, auks and waders.

Footnotes

References

* (2004): The Theropod Database: [http://home.comcast.net/~eoraptor/Phylogeny%20of%20Taxa.html Phylogeny of taxa] . Retrieved 2008-AUG-14.


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