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Palaeobyas

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Sophiornithidae

Taxonomy
Palaeobyas was named by Mourer-Chauviré (1987).

It was assigned to Tytonidae by Mourer-Chauviré (1987); and to Sophiornithidae by Mlikovsky (2002).

Species
P. cracrafti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Palaeobyas Mourer-Chauviré p. 108 figs. Plate 3, fig. 1-4
2002Palaeobyas Mlikovsky p. 208

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familySophiornithidae
genusPalaeobyas

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. †Palaeobyas Mourer-Chauviré 1987
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†Palaeobyas cracrafti Mourer-Chauviré 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available