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Archaeornithes

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy

Archaeornithes was named by Gadow (1893).

It was synonymized subjectively with Saururae by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Archornithes by Jaekel (1911); it was synonymized subjectively with Saururae by Hay (1930); it was reranked as the superorder Archaeornithes by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Aves by Gadow (1898), Wetmore (1960), Thulborn (1975), Walker (1981), Carroll (1988); and to Palaeoaves by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa

Archaeopterygiformes, Ilerdopteryx

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1893	Archaeornithes Gadow
1898	Archaeornithes Gadow p. 30
1960	Archaeornithes Wetmore p. 1
1975	Archaeornithes Thulborn p. 267
1981	Archaeornithes Walker p. 51
1988	Archaeornithes Carroll
2007	Archaeornithes Livezey and Zusi p. 89

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
—	Palaeoaves
superorder	Archaeornithes	(Gadow 1893)
superorder	Archaeornithes	(Gadow 1893)

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.

Superor. †Archaeornithes Gadow 1893

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G. †Ilerdopteryx Lacasa Ruiz 1985

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†Ilerdopteryx viai Lacasa Ruiz 1985

Invalid names: Archaeopterygiformes Furbringer 1888 [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:39:15

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:39:15

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 154.80000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Portugal (Centro)	Archaeopteryx sp. (24563)
Early/Lower Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Spain	Ilerdopteryx viai (123437)