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Melopyrrha

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Thraupidae

Taxonomy
Melopyrrha was named by Bonaparte (1853). It is extant.

It was assigned to Fringillidae by Morgan (1994); and to Thraupidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Species
M. latirostris, M. nigra
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2018-06-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Melopyrrha Bonaparte
1994Melopyrrha Morgan p. 468
2017Melopyrrha 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyThraupidaeCabanis 1847
genusMelopyrrhaBonaparte 1853

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. Melopyrrha Bonaparte 1853
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†Melopyrrha latirostris Steadman and Morgan 1985
Melopyrrha nigra Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available