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Protostrix saurodosis

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae

Taxonomy
Minerva saurodosis was named by Wetmore (1921). Its type specimen is A.N.S.P. no. 9131, a limb element (distal end of left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lodge-Pole Trail, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Protostrix saurodosis by Wetmore (1933), Wetmore (1937), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Minerva saurodosis Wetmore p. 455
1930Minerva saurodosis Hay p. 352
1933Minerva saurodosis Lambrecht p. 618
1933Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore p. 4
1937Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore p. 85
1940Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore p. 66
1956Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore p. 84

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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
Dendrornithes
RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyProtostrigidae
genusProtostrixWetmore 1933
speciessaurodosis()

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.

Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available