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Australotadorna alecwilsoni

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Australotadorna alecwilsoni was named by Worthy (2009) [SAM P.43141 (formerly AMNH 11499)]. Its type specimen is SAM P.43141, a limb element (L humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lake Pinpa, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine claystone in the Namba Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Australotadorna alecwilsoni Worthy p. 429 figs. Figs. 5, 6
2012Australotadorna alecwilsoni Zelenkov p. 526
2020Australotadorna alecwilsoni Worthy and Nguyen p. 76

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeTadornini
genusAustralotadorna
speciesalecwilsoni

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