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Quercymegapodiidae

Osteichthyes - Quercymegapodiidae

Taxonomy
Quercymegapodiidae was named by Mourer-Chauviré (1992). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Galliformes by Hope (2002), Mayr and Weidig (2004); to Pangalliformes by Hood et al. (2019); and to Galliformes by Mayr (2005), Mayr (2022), Mayr and Kitchener (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré
2002Quercymegapodiidae Hope p. 353
2004Quercymegapodiidae Mayr and Weidig p. 216
2005Quercymegapodiidae Mayr p. 318
2019Quercymegapodiidae Hood et al. p. 12
2022Quercymegapodiidae Mayr p. 55 figs. Fig. 4.8
2024Quercymegapodiidae Mayr and Kitchener p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Avialae
Ornithothoraces
OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyQuercymegapodiidaeMourer-Chauviré 1992
familyQuercymegapodiidaeMourer-Chauviré 1992

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. †Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré 1992
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G. †Ameripodius Alvarenga 1995
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Ameripodius alexis Mourer-Chauviré 2000
G. †Palintropus Brodkorb 1970
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Palintropus retusus Marsh 1892
G. †Quercymegapodius Mourer-Chauviré 1992
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Quercymegapodius depereti Gaillard 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available