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Leptoptilos

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Leptoptilos was named by Lesson (1831). It is extant. It is the type genus of Leptoptilini. It was considered monophyletic by Kahl (1972).

It was assigned to Aves by Lesson (1831); to Leptoptilini by Kahl (1972) and Meijer and Awe Due (2010); and to Ciconiidae by Lambrecht (1933), Brodkorb (1964), Mlikovsky (2002), Louchart et al. (2008), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Tambussi et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Leptoptilos Lesson
1933Leptoptilus Lambrecht p. 326
1964Leptoptilos Brodkorb p. 204
1972Leptoptilos Kahl p. 10
2002Leptoptilos Mlikovsky p. 100
2008Leptoptilos Louchart et al. p. 157
2010Leptoptilos Meijer and Awe Due p. 714
2013Leptoptilos Meijer et al. p. 879
2017Leptoptilos Clements et al.
2023Leptoptilos Tambussi et al. p. 269

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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
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusLeptoptilos

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.

G. Leptoptilos Lesson 1831
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Leptoptilos crumenifer Lesson 1831 [marabou]
Leptoptilos dubius Gmelin 1789 [greater adjutant]
Leptoptilos falconeri Milne Edwards 1868
Leptoptilos javanicus Horsfield 1821 [Lesser adjutant]
Leptoptilos patagonicus Noriega and Cladera 2008
Leptoptilos pliocenicus Zubareva 1948
Leptoptilos robustus Meijer and Awe Due 2010
Leptoptilos siwalicensis Harrison 1974
Leptoptilos titan Wetmore 1940
Leptoptilus arvernensis Milne-Edwards 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available