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Archaeopterygiformes (disused)

Osteichthyes - Archaeopterygiformes

Taxonomy
Archaeopterygiformes was named by Furbringer (1888). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aves by Lambrecht (1933); to Archaeornithes by Thulborn (1975), Howgate (1985), Carroll (1988); to Aves by Chatterjee (1991); and to Archaeornithes by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Archaeopterygiformes Furbringer
1933Archaeopterygiformes Lambrecht p. 67
1975Archaeopterygiformes Thulborn p. 267
1985Archaeopterygiformes Howgate p. 111
1988Archaeopterygiformes Carroll
1991Archaeopterygiformes Chatterjee p. 326
2007Archaeopterygiformes Livezey and Zusi p. 89

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Palaeoaves
superorderArchaeornithes(Gadow 1893)
orderArchaeopterygiformesFurbringer 1888
orderArchaeopterygiformesFurbringer 1888

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.

Or. †Archaeopterygiformes Furbringer 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available