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Struthio linxiaensis

Osteichthyes - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae

Taxonomy
Struthio linxiaensis was named by Hou et al. (2005). Its type specimen is HMV 1381, a set of postcrania (Incomplete pelvis and synsacrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yangwapuzijifang, which is in a MN 12/MN 13 terrestrial claystone in the Liushu Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. caratheodoris, S. daberasensis, S. dmanisensis, S. oldawayi, S. transcaucasicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Struthio linxiaensis Hou 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
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
orderStruthioniformesLatham 1790
familyStruthionidaeVigors 1825
genusStruthio
specieslinxiaensis

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.

†Struthio linxiaensis Hou et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available