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Proictinia effera

Reptilia - Buteonidae

Taxonomy
Proictinia effera was named by Wetmore (1923). Its type specimen is AMNH 6299, a limb element (complete right tarsometatarsus with associated phalanges), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Agate Springs Quarries, which is in a Harrisonian channel sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Promilio efferus by Wetmore (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Proictinia effera Wetmore
1930Proictinia effera Hay p. 314
1933Proictinia effera Lambrecht p. 421
1940Proictinia effera Wetmore p. 34
1956Proictinia effera Brodkorb p. 368
1956Proictinia effera Wetmore p. 40
1958Promilio efferus Wetmore p. 3

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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
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
superfamilyFalconoidae
familyButeonidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyMilvinae
genusProictiniaShufeldt 1915
speciesefferaWetmore 1923

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.

†Proictinia effera Wetmore 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available