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Gastornithes

Osteichthyes - Gastornithiformes

Taxonomy
Gastornithes was named by Cope (1889).

It was reranked as the suborder Gastornithes by Worthy et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Dromaeognathae by Hay (1902); and to Gastornithiformes by Worthy et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Gastornithes Cope
1902Gastornithes Hay p. 522
2017Gastornithes Worthy 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()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
orderGastornithiformesStejneger 1885
suborderGastornithes(Cope 1889)
suborderGastornithes(Cope 1889)

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.

Subor. †Gastornithes Cope 1889
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Fm. †Gastornithidae Furbringer 1888
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G. †Gastornis Hébert 1855
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Gastornis edwardsi Lemoine 1878
Gastornis giganteus Cope 1876
Gastornis laurenti Mourer-Chauviré and Bourdon 2020
Gastornis minor Lemoine 1878
Gastornis parisiensis Hébert 1855
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Invalid names: Gastornis edwardsii Lemoine 1878 [synonym], Gastornis klaasseni Newton 1885 [synonym]
Gastornis russelli Martin 1992
G. †Zhongyuanus Hou 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available