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Eostrix tsaganica

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae

Taxonomy
Eostrix tsaganica was named by Kurochkin and Dyke (2011). Its type specimen is PIN 3104/129, a limb element (distal end of a left tarsometatarsus with portion of shaft), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tsagaan Khushuu (PIN collection 3104), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Eostrix tsaganica Kurochkin and Dyke p. 448 figs. Pl 12 figs 1-15

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyProtostrigidae
genusEostrixBrodkorb 1971
speciestsaganica

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.

†Eostrix tsaganica Kurochkin and Dyke 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available