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Iani

Osteichthyes - Tenontosauridae

Taxonomy
Iani was named by Zanno et al. (2023). Its type is Iani smithi.

It was assigned to Rhabdodontomorpha by Zanno et al. (2023); and to Tenontosauridae by Czepiński and Madzia (2025).

Species
I. smithi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Iani Zanno et al. p. 6
2025Iani Czepiński and Madzia p. 5

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Rhabdodontomorpha
familyTenontosauridae
genusIani

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. †Iani Zanno et al. 2023
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†Iani smithi Zanno et al. 2023
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available