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Palaeocursornithidae (disused)

Reptilia - Palaeocursornithiformes - Palaeocursornithidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocursornithidae was named by Jurcsák and Kessler (1988). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeocursornithiformes by Bock and Bühler (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Limnornithidae Kessler and Jurcsák
1985Cursornithidae Kessler and Jurcsák p. 138
1988Palaeocursornithidae Jurcsák and Kessler p. 648
1996Palaeocursornithidae Bock and Bühler p. 512

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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
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
orderPalaeocursornithiformesKessler and Jurcsák 1986
familyPalaeocursornithidaeJurcsák and Kessler 1988
familyPalaeocursornithidaeJurcsák and Kessler 1988

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.

Fm. †Palaeocursornithidae Jurcsák and Kessler 1988
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Invalid names: Cursornithidae Kessler and Jurcsák 1985 [replaced], Limnornithidae Kessler and Jurcsák 1984 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available