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Phaethon lepturus (white-tailed tropicbird)

Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae

Taxonomy
Phaethon lepturus was named by Daudin (1802). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Phaethon lepturus Daudin
1962Phaethon lepturus Wetmore p. 17
1992Phaethon lepturus Steadman
1992Phaethon lepturus Steadman and Pahlavan p. 460
1994Phaethon lepturus Morgan p. 479
1994Phaethon lepturus Steadman and Intoh p. 126
1999Phaethon lepturus Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 5 fig. 4t
2014Phaethon lepturus del Hoyo et al.
2017Phaethon lepturus Clements et al.
2018Phaethon lepturus Rigal et al. p. 13
2019Phaethon lepturus Worthy and Burley

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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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderPhaethontiformes(Sharpe 1891)
familyPhaethontidaeBrandt 1831
genusPhaethon
specieslepturusDaudin 1802

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.

Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 [white-tailed tropicbird]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available