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Afairiguana avius

Osteichthyes - Polychrotidae

Taxonomy
Afairiguana avius was named by Conrad et al. (2007). Its type specimen is FMNH PR 2379, a skeleton (nearly complete but weathered skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Warfield Springs, which is in a Wasatchian lacustrine deltaic limestone in the Green River Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Afairiguana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Afairiguana avius Conrad et al. p. 1365

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyPolychrotidae(Macey et al. 1997)
genusAfairiguana
speciesavius

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.

†Afairiguana avius Conrad et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available