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Bradycnemidae (disused)

Reptilia - Bradycnemidae

Taxonomy
Bradycnemidae was named by Harrison and Walker (1975). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Strigiformes by Harrison and Walker (1975); and to Theropoda by Brodkorb (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Bradycnemidae Harrison and Walker p. 564
1978Bradycnemidae Brodkorb p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
familyBradycnemidae
familyBradycnemidae

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.

Fm. †Bradycnemidae Harrison and Walker 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker 1975Large owls much larger than any described species. Distal end of tibiotarsus flattened. Condyles not projecting posteriorly; external condyle projecting distally beyond internal condyle; intercondylar groove shallow. Anterior tendinal fossa well defined, broad, fairly deep, its distal margin partly undercutting intercondylar region and external condyle.