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Avialae (avialan)
Taxonomy
Avialae was named by Gauthier (1986). It is extant.
It was assigned to Metornithes by Perle et al. (1993); to Theropoda by Perle et al. (1994) and Clarke and Chiappe (2001); to Eumaniraptora by Padian et al. (1999), Holtz (2000), Maryanska et al. (2002) and Godefroit et al. (2013); and to Maniraptora by Gauthier (1986), Novas (1996), Novas (1997), Gao and Liu (2005), Zhang et al. (2008), Lefevre et al. (2014), Rauhut et al. (2019) and Wang et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Metornithes by Perle et al. (1993); to Theropoda by Perle et al. (1994) and Clarke and Chiappe (2001); to Eumaniraptora by Padian et al. (1999), Holtz (2000), Maryanska et al. (2002) and Godefroit et al. (2013); and to Maniraptora by Gauthier (1986), Novas (1996), Novas (1997), Gao and Liu (2005), Zhang et al. (2008), Lefevre et al. (2014), Rauhut et al. (2019) and Wang et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1871 | Archaeopterygidae Huxley p. 272 |
1902 | Archaeopterygidae Hay p. 518 |
1925 | Archaeornithidae Petronievics |
1927 | Archaeopterygidae Petronievics p. 18 |
1930 | Archaeopterygidae Hay p. 276 |
1933 | Archaeopterygidae Lambrecht p. 79 |
1960 | Archaeopterygidae Wetmore p. 3 |
1973 | Wyleyia Harrison and Walker p. 721 |
1973 | Wyleyia valdensis Harrison and Walker p. 721 figs. 1-2, Pl. 89 |
1978 | Archaeopterygidae Brodkorb p. 218 |
1978 | Wyleyia Brodkorb p. 228 |
1978 | Wyleyia valdensis Brodkorb p. 228 |
1985 | Llerdopteryx Lacasa |
1985 | Llerdopteryx viai Lacasa |
1986 | Avialae Gauthier p. 11 |
1988 | Archaeopterygidae Carroll |
1988 | Archaeopterygidae Paul p. 351 |
1991 | Llerdopteryx viai Lacasa |
1993 | Avialae Perle et al. p. 624 fig. 1 |
1994 | Avialae Perle et al. p. 3 |
1996 | Avialae Novas p. 676 |
1997 | Archaeopterygidae Ji and Ji p. 38 |
1997 | Avialae Novas p. 141 |
1999 | Avialae Padian et al. p. 71 fig. 1 |
2000 | Avialae Holtz, Jr. p. 35 fig. 5 |
2001 | Avialae Clarke and Chiappe p. 6 |
2002 | Avialae Maryanska et al. pp. 102-103 fig. 1 |
2002 | Wyleyia Naish p. 154 |
2002 | Wyleyia valdensis Naish p. 154 |
2003 | Wyleya Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 297 |
2003 | Wyleya valdensis Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 297 |
2004 | Archaeopterygidae Padian p. 211 |
2005 | Avialae Gao and Liu p. 313 |
2007 | Archaeopterygidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89 |
2007 | Archaeopterygidae Mayr et al. p. 100 |
2008 | Avialae Zhang et al. p. 1105 |
2013 | Avialae Godefroit et al. |
2014 | Avialae Lefevre et al. |
2019 | Avialae Rauhut et al. |
2020 | Avialae Wang et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. Avialae Gauthier 1986 [avialan]
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G. †Archaeopteryx Meyer 1861
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†Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi Kundrát et al. 2019 [Ancient bird]
†Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer 1861
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Invalid names: Archaeopteryx bavarica Wellnhofer 1993 [synonym], Archaeopteryx macrura Owen 1862 [synonym], Archaeopteryx oweni Petronievics 1921 [synonym], Archaeornis siemensii Dames 1897 [synonym], Griphosaurus problematicus Woodward 1862 [synonym], Pterodactylus crassipes Meyer 1857 [synonym], Wellnhoferia grandis Elzanowski 2001 [synonym]
Invalid names: Archaeornis Petronievics 1917 [synonym], Griphosaurus Wagner 1861 [synonym], Jurapteryx Howgate 1985 [synonym]
Or. †Jeholornithiformes Zhou and Zhang 2006
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Invalid names: Jeholornithidae Zhou and Zhang 2006 [empty]
G. †Wellnhoferia Elzanowski 2001
Invalid names: Archaeopterygidae Huxley 1871 [invalid subgroup], Llerdopteryx Lacasa 1985 [nomen dubium], Llerdopteryx viai Lacasa 1985 [nomen dubium], Wyleyia Harrison and Walker 1973 [nomen dubium], Wyleyia valdensis Harrison and Walker 1973 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available