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Paractiornis perpusillus

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Glareolidae

Taxonomy
Paractiornis perpusillus was named by Wetmore (1930). Its type specimen is MCZ 2191, a limb element (left tarso-metatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Agate Springs Quarries, which is in a Harrisonian channel sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore p. 153
1933Paractiornis perpusillus Lambrecht p. 532
1940Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore p. 56
1956Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore p. 69
1979Paractiornis perpusillus Olson and Steadman p. 972
2001Paractiornis perpusillus Mayr and Smith p. 977

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
familyGlareolidaeBrehm 1831
genusParactiornis
speciesperpusillus

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.

†Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available