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Cayaoa

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Cayaoa was named by Tonni (1979).

It was assigned to Anatidae by Noriega and Tambussi (2008), Zelenkov (2012), De Mendoza and Tambussi (2019), Tambussi et al. (2023).

Species
C. bruneti
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2018-04-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Cayaoa Tonni
2008Cayaoa Noriega and Tambussi p. 273
2012Cayaoa Zelenkov p. 526
2019Cayaoa De Mendoza and Tambussi p. 220
2023Cayaoa Tambussi et al. p. 267

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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
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
genusCayaoaTonni 1979

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. †Cayaoa Tonni 1979
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†Cayaoa bruneti Tonni 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available