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Gigantornis eaglesomei

Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Gigantornis eaglesomei was named by Andrews (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Harcourt RR, which is in a Bartonian deep-water horizon in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria. It is the type species of Gigantornis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Gigantornis eaglesomei Andrews
1933Gigantornis eaglesomei Lambrecht p. 265
1934Gigantornis eaglesomei Swinton p. 2
1976Gigantornis eaglesomei Harrison and Walker p. 28
1985Gigantornis eaglesomei Olson p. 196
2008Gigantornis eaglesomei Mayr et al. p. 762
2015Gigantornis eaglesomei Cenizo et al. p. 10 figs. Figure 7

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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
orderOdontopterygiformesHoward 1957
familyPelagornithidaeFürbringer 1888
genusGigantornis
specieseaglesomei

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.

Gigantornis eaglesomei Andrews 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available