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Geranoides jepseni

Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Geranoididae

Taxonomy
Geranoides jepseni was named by Wetmore (1933). Its type specimen is Princeton University 13257, a limb element (distal end of left metatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Elk Creek (Princeton collection), which is in a Wasatchian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Geranoides jepseni Wetmore p. 115
1940Geranoides jepseni Wetmore p. 48
1956Geranoides jepseni Wetmore p. 58

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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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
orderStruthioniformesLatham 1790
familyGeranoididae
genusGeranoides
speciesjepseni

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.

†Geranoides jepseni Wetmore 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available