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Pseudodontornis tenuirostris

Osteichthyes - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Taxonomy
Pseudodontornis tenuirostris was named by Harrison (1985). Its type specimen is NHMUK A5428, a mandible (Portion of left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oldhaven beds, Herne Bay, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene foreshore horizon in the Oldhaven Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2013-04-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Pseudodontornis tenuirostris Harrison p. 24

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderOdontopterygiformesHoward 1957
familyPelagornithidaeFürbringer 1888
genusPseudodontornis
speciestenuirostris

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
No diagnoses are available