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Palaeocrex

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocrex was named by Wetmore (1927). Its type is Palaeocrex fax.

It was assigned to Rallidae by Wetmore (1927), Lambrecht (1933), Galbreath (1953); and to Gallinulinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1967).

Species
P. fax (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Palaeocrex Wetmore
1930Palaeocrex Hay p. 335
1933Palaeocrex Lambrecht p. 465
1940Palaeocrex Wetmore p. 53
1953Palaeocrex Galbreath p. 40
1956Palaeocrex Wetmore p. 66
1967Palaeocrex Brodkorb p. 123

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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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyRallidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyGallinulinae
genusPalaeocrex

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. †Palaeocrex Wetmore 1927
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†Palaeocrex fax Wetmore 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available