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Pelagornis chilensis

Osteichthyes - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Pelagornis chilensis was named by Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers (2010). Its type specimen is MNHN SGO.PV 1061, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Morro, which is in a Tortonian/Messinian marine sandstone in the Bahía Inglesa Formation of Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Pelagornis chilensis Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers p. 1314 figs. Fig. 1-9
2015Pelagornis chilensis Cenizo et al. p. 10 figs. Figure 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderOdontopterygiformesHoward 1957
familyPelagornithidaeFürbringer 1888
genusPelagornisLartet 1857
specieschilensis

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.

†Pelagornis chilensis Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available