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Anatalavis rex

Reptilia - Anseriformes

Taxonomy
Telmatornis rex was named by Shufeldt (1915). Its type specimen is YPM 902, a limb element (distal end of right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cream Ridge Marl Company pit (Hornerstown Fm.), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Anatalavis rex by Olson and Parris (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Telmatornis rex Shufeldt p. 27
1930Telmatornis rex Hay p. 334
1933Telmatornis rex Lambrecht p. 489
1940Telmatornis rex Wetmore p. 53
1956Telmatornis rex Wetmore p. 63
1967Telmatornis rex Brodkorb p. 117
1972Telmatornis rex Cracraft p. 41
1977Telmatornis rex Olson p. 373
1987Anatalavis rex Olson and Parris p. 11 figs. 6a, b, d, f

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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
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
genusAnatalavis
speciesrex()

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.

Anatalavis rex Shufeldt 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available