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Palaeorallus troxelli

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Palaeorallus troxelli was named by Wetmore (1931). Its type specimen is UNSM No. 12042, a limb element (distal end of right tibio-tarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palaeorallus troxelli Type Locality, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Palaeorallus troxelli Wetmore p. 108
1933Palaeorallus troxelli Lambrecht p. 465
1940Palaeorallus troxelli Wetmore p. 53
1956Palaeorallus troxelli Wetmore p. 63
1967Palaeorallus troxelli Brodkorb p. 117
1977Palaeorallus troxelli Olson p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyRallidaeVigors 1825
genusPalaeorallus
speciestroxelli

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.

Palaeorallus troxelli Wetmore 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available