Diatryma ajax

Taxonavigation

Ordo: †Gastornithiformes
Familia: †Gastornithidae
Genus: †Diatryma
Species: †D. ajax

Name

† Diatryma ajax Shufeldt, 1913

Synonyms

• †Gastornis ajax

Type material

Holotype: **YPM PU 18184** Repository: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (New Haven, USA) Material: Partial hindlimb and pelvic elements.

Type locality

• • Green River Formation**, Wyoming, USA

Stratigraphic age: **Early Eocene (Wasatchian)**

Distribution

North America: Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico Geological range: **Early Eocene**

References

• Shufeldt, 1913. Further studies of fossil birds with descriptions of new and extinct species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32: 26.
• Andors, A. 1988. Giant ground birds of North America (Aves: Gastornithidae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History **31**: 1–140.
• Buffetaut, E. 1997. New material of Gastornis from Europe and North America. Geological Magazine **134**: 569–585.
• Angst, D., Buffetaut, E. & Abourachid, A. 2014. Gastornis was not a predator. Naturwissenschaften **101**: 313–322. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1165-1
• Mayr, G. et al. 2024. Review of Gastornithiformes with reassessment of North American forms. Palaeontologia Electronica **27**(3): a57. DOI: 10.26879/1438

External links

• Gastornis – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database. – Paleobiology Database (taxon record).
• Gastornis – Taxon details on Fossilworks. – Fossilworks (mirrors PBDB data).
• Yale Peabody Museum collection search – Holotype repository (YPM).
• Gastornis