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Megalapteryx didinus

Osteichthyes - Dinornithiformes - Megalapterygidae

Taxonomy
Anomalopteryx didinus was named by Lydekker (1891).

It was recombined as Megalapteryx didinus by Lambrecht (1933), Worthy (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Anomalopteryx didinus Lydekker
1933Megalapteryx didinus Lambrecht p. 140
1997Megalapteryx didinus Worthy p. 95

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
—Ratitae(Merrem 1813)
superorderApterygimorphae
orderDinornithiformes
familyMegalapterygidae
genusMegalapteryxHaast 1885
speciesdidinus(Lydekker 1891)

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.

†Megalapteryx didinus Lydekker 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available