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Diatryma gigantea

Reptilia - Diatrymiformes - Diatrymidae

Taxonomy
Diatryma gigantea was named by Cope (1876) [type locality is "New Mexico"]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Diatryma.

It was corrected as Diatryma giganteum by Wetmore (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. geiselensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Diatryma gigantea Cope p. 11
1902Diatryma giganteum Hay p. 522
1903Diatryma gigantea Lucas p. 556
1915Diatryma gigantea Shufeldt p. 34
1917Diatryma gigantea Matthew and Granger p. 322
1917Diatryma steini Matthew and Granger p. 322
1928Omorhamphus storchii Sinclair p. 52
1930Diatryma giganteum Hay p. 283
1930Diatryma steini Hay p. 283
1930Omorhamphus storchii Hay p. 283
1933Diatryma steini Lambrecht p. 567
1933Diatryma giganteum Lambrecht p. 568
1933Omorhamphus storchii Lambrecht p. 571
1940Diatryma giganteum Wetmore p. 55
1940Diatryma steini Wetmore p. 55
1940Omorhamphus storchii Wetmore p. 55
1956Omorhamphus storchii Wetmore p. 69
1991Diatryma gigantea Witmer and Rose p. 96

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderDiatrymiformes()
familyDiatrymidaeShufeldt 1913
genusDiatryma
speciesgigantea

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.

†Diatryma gigantea Cope 1876
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Invalid names: Diatryma steini Matthew and Granger 1917 [synonym], Omorhamphus storchii Sinclair 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available