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Perudyptes devriesi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Perudyptes devriesi was named by Clarke et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MUSM 889, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Perdida, which is in a Lutetian marginal marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Perudyptes devriesi Clarke et al. p. 11545
2008Perudyptes devriesi Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi p. 124
2010Perudyptes devriesi Ksepka and Clarke p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
genusPerudyptes
speciesdevriesi

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.

†Perudyptes devriesi Clarke et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Acosta Hospitaleche and C. Tambussi 2008Processus postorbitalis anteroventrally directed, marked anterior expansion of the rostrum paras- phenoidalis; posterior ridge forming the sulcus scapulot- ricipitalis of the humerus distally projected to the middle ridge, femur with a convex articular surface for the antitro- chanter (Clarke et al., 2007).