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Leptoptilos falconeri

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Argala falconeri was named by Milne Edwards (1868).

It was recombined as Leptoptilos falconeri by Meijer and Awe Due (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. crumeniferus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Argala falconeri Milne Edwards
1880Argala falconeri Davies
1933Leptoptilus falconeri Lambrecht p. 326
2010Leptoptilos falconeri Meijer and Awe Due p. 710

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusLeptoptilos
speciesfalconeri(Milne Edwards 1868)

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.

†Leptoptilos falconeri Milne Edwards 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available