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Taoperdix

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Taoperdix was named by Milne-Edwards (1869). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Galliformes by Zittel (1890); to Perdicidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Gallinuloidinae by Brodkorb (1967); to Cracidae by Mlikovsky (2002); to Galliformes by Mayr and Weidig (2004); and to Paraortygidae by Mayr (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Taoperdix Milne-Edwards
1890Taoperdix Zittel p. 848
1933Taoperdix Lambrecht p. 432
1967Taoperdix Brodkorb p. 111
2002Taoperdix Mlikovsky p. 152
2004Taoperdix Mayr and Weidig p. 216
2009Taoperdix Mayr p. 37

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
genusTaoperdixMilne-Edwards 1869

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.

G. †Taoperdix Milne-Edwards 1869
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†Taoperdix miocaena Ballman 1966
†Taoperdix pessieti Gervais 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available