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Lonchodytes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lonchodytes was named by Brodkorb (1963). Its type is Lonchodytes estesi. It is the type genus of Lonchodytidae.

It was assigned to Lonchodytidae by Brodkorb (1963); to Procellariiformes by Hope (2002); and to Aequornithes by Scofield et al. (2006).

Species
L. estesi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Lonchodytes Brodkorb p. 56
2002Lonchodytes Hope p. 365
2006Lonchodytes Scofield et al. p. 65

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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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
genusLonchodytes

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. †Lonchodytes Brodkorb 1963
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†Lonchodytes estesi Brodkorb 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available