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Aegotheles savesi (New Caledonian owlet-nightjar)

Osteichthyes - Caprimulgiformes - Aegothelidae

Taxonomy
Aegotheles savesi was named by Layard and Layard (1881). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Aegotheles savesi Layard and Layard
1989Aegotheles savesi Balouet and Olson p. 21
2017Aegotheles savesi Clements et al.

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderCaprimulgiformesRidgway 1881
familyAegothelidaeBonaparte 1853
genusAegothelesVigors and Horsfield 1827
speciessavesiLayard and Layard 1881

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.

Aegotheles savesi Layard and Layard 1881 [New Caledonian owlet-nightjar]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available