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Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Taxonomy
Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis was named by Alvarenga (1985). Its type specimen is MNRJ-4040-V, a set of limb elements (Proximal portion of the right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis Alvarenga
1985Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis Alvarenga,
2003Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis Alvarenga and Holfing p. 84
2005Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2
2007Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis Bertelli et al. p. 415 figs. Table 2

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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
—Archosauria()
RankNameAuthor
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
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
familyPhorusrhacidae()
subfamilyPsilopterinae(Dolgopol de Saez 1927)
genusPaleopsilopterus
speciesitaboraiensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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