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Anhinga subvolans

Reptilia - Suliformes - Anhingidae

Taxonomy
Phalacrocorax subvolans was named by Brodkorb (1956). Its type specimen is University of Florida no. 4500, a limb element (proximal half of right humerus), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Anhinga subvolans by Becker (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Phalacrocorax subvolans Brodkorb p. 367
1986Anhinga subvolans Becker p. 804

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyAnhingidaeRidgway 1887
genusAnhingaBrisson 1760
speciessubvolans()

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.

Anhinga subvolans Brodkorb 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available