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Lithornis vulturinus

Reptilia - Lithornithidae

Taxonomy

Lithornis vulturinus was named by Owen (1840). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms

Pediorallus barbarae was named by Harrison and Walker (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is High Ongar, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pediorallus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lithornis vulturinus by Houde (1988).
Promusophaga magnifica was named by Harrison and Walker (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey London Clay, which is in a Ypresian deep subtidal shelf claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Promusophaga.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lithornis vulturinus by Houde (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1840	Lithornis vulturinus Owen
1933	Lithornis vulturinus Lambrecht p. 404
1977	Lithornis vulturinus Harrison and Walker p. 29
1977	Pediorallus barbarae Harrison and Walker p. 36
1977	Promusophaga magnifica Harrison and Walker p. 41 figs. Plate 9, I-M; Fig. 14
1988	Lithornis vulturinus Houde
2002	Lithornis vulturinus Mlikovsky p. 58
2009	Lithornis vulturinus Mayr p. 27

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
superorder	Palaeognathae	Pycraft 1900
family	Lithornithidae
genus	Lithornis	Owen 1840
species	vulturinus	Owen 1840

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.

†Lithornis vulturinus Owen 1840

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Invalid names: Pediorallus barbarae Harrison and Walker 1977 [synonym], Promusophaga magnifica Harrison and Walker 1977 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available