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Huaxiapterus benxiensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Huaxiapterus benxiensis was named by Lü et al. (2007). Its type specimen is BXGM V0011, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lianhe Town, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large horizon in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Huaxiapterus benxiensis Lü et al. pp. 683-684 figs. 1-3
2014Huaxiapterus benxiensis Andres et al.
2014Huaxiapterus benxiensis Headden and Campos

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Azhdarchoidea(Unwin 1992)
—Neoazhdarchia
superfamilyTapejaroideaKellner 1989
—Tapejaridae()
genusHuaxiapterus
speciesbenxiensis

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.

†Huaxiapterus benxiensis Lü et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available