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Thalassornis

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Thalassornis was named by Eyton (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Thalassorninae by Livezey and Martin (1988); to Dendrocygninae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Zelenkov (2017).

Species
T. leuconotus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Thalassornis Eyton
1988Thalassornis Livezey and Martin p. 207
2014Thalassornis del Hoyo et al.
2017Thalassornis Zelenkov p. 224

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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
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
genusThalassornisEyton 1838

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. Thalassornis Eyton 1838
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Thalassornis leuconotus Eyson 1838 [White-backed duck]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available