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Eocuculus cherpinae

Osteichthyes - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae

Taxonomy
Eocuculus cherpinae was named by Chandler (1999). Its type specimen is DM 10682/10683, a partial skeleton ( slab and counter slab consisting of a partial associated skeleton (missing the head) with feather impressions), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Clare Ranch, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Florissant Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Eocuculus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Eocuculus cherpinae Chandler
2006Eocuculus cherpinae Mayr p. 867

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
RankNameAuthor
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderCuculimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderCuculiformesWagler 1830
familyCuculidaeLeach 1820
genusEocuculus
speciescherpinae

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.

†Eocuculus cherpinae Chandler 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available