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Tapinopus

Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Taxonomy
Tapinopus was named by Milne-Edwards (1891).

It was assigned to Teratornithidae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Cathartidae by Gaillard (1908), Gaillard (1939).

Species
T. ellioti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Tapinopus Milne-Edwards
1908Tapinopus Gaillard p. 47
1933Tapinopus Lambrecht p. 399
1939Tapinopus Gaillard p. 12

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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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusTapinopusMilne-Edwards 1891

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. †Tapinopus Milne-Edwards 1891
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†Tapinopus ellioti Milne-Edwards 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available