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Choanata

Taxonomy
Choanata was named by Säve-Söderbergh (1934). It is extant.

It was reranked as the infraclass Choanata by Miles (1977) and Gardiner (1982).

It was assigned to Gnathostomata by Säve-Söderbergh (1934); to Sarcopterygii by Miles (1977) and Gardiner (1982); to Dipnotetrapodomorpha by Nelson (2006); and to Sarcopterygii by Schultze and Reed (2012).

Subtaxa
Eutetrapoda, Stegocephali
Sister taxa
Eutetrapoda, Stegocephali

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Choanata Säve-Söderbergh p. 8
1977Choanata Miles
1982Choanata Gardiner p. 228
2006Choanata Nelson
2012Choanata Schultze and Reed

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
—Choanata
—Choanata

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.

Unr. Choanata Säve-Söderbergh 1934
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Unr. Eutetrapoda Säve-Söderbergh 1934
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Unr. †Reptiliomorphoidea Huene 1954
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Invalid names: Anthrembolomeri Huene 1949 [empty]
Unr. †Sauromorphoidea Huene 1954
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Invalid names: Neosauromorpha Huene 1954 [empty]
Invalid names: Batrachomorpha Säve-Söderbergh 1934 [empty], Batrachomorphoidea Huene 1954 [empty], Theromorphoidea Huene 1954 [empty]
Unr. Stegocephali Cope 1868
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Or. †Adelospondyli Watson 1930
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Fm. †Adelogyrinidae Watson 1930
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G. †Adelogyrinus Watson 1928
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G. †Adelospondylus Carroll 1967
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†Adelospondylus watsoni Carroll 1967
G. †Dolichopareias Watson 1928
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†Dolichopareias disjectus Watson 1929
G. †Palaeomolgophis Brough and Brough 1967
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†Palaeomolgophis scoticus Brough and Brough 1967
Fm. †Lysorophidae Williston 1908
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G. †Lysorocephalus Huene and Bock 1954
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†Lysorocephalus gwyneddensis Huene and Bock 1954
Subor. †Branchiosauria
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G. †Micrerpeton Moodie 1909
G. †Goniocephalus Broili 1913
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†Goniocephalus willistoni Broili 1913
Or. †Phyllospondyli Watson 1921
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Fm. †Peliontidae Cope 1875
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G. †Pelion Wyman
Invalid names: Eugyrinidae Watson 1940 [empty], Miobatrachidae Watson 1940 [empty]
Invalid names: Apoecospondyli Hay 1902 [empty], Embolospondyli Huene 1954 [empty], Ganocephala Owen 1859 [empty], Loxembolomeri Huene 1954 [empty], Neorhachitomi Efremov 1940 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available