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Alethoalaornithidae
Taxonomy
Alethoalaornithidae was named by Li et al. (2007). Its type is Alethoalaornis.
It was assigned to Cathayornithiformes by Li et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Cathayornithiformes by Li et al. (2007).
Subtaxa
Alethoalaornis (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Alethoalaornithidae Li et al. p. 372 |
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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.
Fm. †Alethoalaornithidae Li et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. Li et al. 2007 | Long and sharper beak, a few teeth, general two pairs, at last three pairs; cervical heterocoelous; furcula process thin and long, its length equal to clavicles ramus; sternum carina processes well developed; humerus pneumatic foramina well preserved, having deep capital groove; metacarpal formed; with rudimentary manual digit claws, small and weak, two only; trochlea having same length at the distal end of tarsometatarsus; claw of digit very long, and longer than any pedal phalange. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||