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Leptoptilos patagonicus

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Leptoptilos patagonicus was named by Noriega and Cladera (2008). Its type specimen is MEF 1363, a partial skeleton (associated partial skeleton wing and leg bones and a few fragments of the skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Punta Buenos Aires, which is in a Miocene coastal mudstone/limestone in the San Madryn Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. crumeniferus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Leptoptilos patagonicus Noriega and Cladera p. 595
2023Leptoptilos patagonicus Tambussi et al. p. 269

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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
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusLeptoptilos
speciespatagonicus

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.

†Leptoptilos patagonicus Noriega and Cladera 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available