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Pasquiaornis hardiei

Osteichthyes - Hesperornithiformes

Taxonomy
Pasquiaornis hardiei was named by Tokaryk et al. (1997). Its type specimen is SMNH P2077.117, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carrot River Bonebed, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine conglomerate/claystone in the Belle Fourche Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Pasquiaornis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Pasquiaornis hardiei Tokaryk et al. pp. 172-173 figs. 2A-C
2004Pasquiaornis hardiei Padian p. 213

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
orderHesperornithiformesFürbringer 1888
genusPasquiaornis
specieshardiei

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.

†Pasquiaornis hardiei Tokaryk et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available