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Phaethon aethereus (red-billed tropicbird)

Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae

Taxonomy
Phaethon aethereus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus p. 134
1975Phaethon aethereus Olson p. 22
2014Phaethon aethereus del Hoyo et al.
2017Phaethon aethereus Clements et al.

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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
orderPhaethontiformes(Sharpe 1891)
familyPhaethontidaeBrandt 1831
genusPhaethon
speciesaethereus

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.

Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 [red-billed tropicbird]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available