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Cretornis

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Cretornis was named by Fritsch (1881).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithocheirus by Zittel (1890).

It was assigned to Ornithocheiridae by Brodkorb (1978); and to Azhdarchoidea by Averianov and Ekrt (2015).

Species
C. hlavaci

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Cretornis Fritsch p. 276
1978Cretornis Brodkorb p. 224
2015Cretornis Averianov and Ekrt

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
genusCretornis

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. †Cretornis Fritsch 1881
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†Cretornis hlavaci Fritsch 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available