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Eocoracias brachyptera

Reptilia - Coraciiformes

Taxonomy
Eocoracias brachyptera was named by Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré (2000). Its type specimen is SMNNK.PAL.2663a+b, a skeleton (complete articulated skeleton on two slabs), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel pit (Karlsruhe collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Eocoracias brachyptera Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré p. 534
2002Eocoracias brachyptera Mlikovsky p. 225

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Picoclamatores
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderCoraciiformesForbes 1884
suborderCoraciiWetmore and Miller 1926
genusEocoracias
speciesbrachyptera

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.

†Eocoracias brachyptera Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available