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Sapeornis
Taxonomy
Sapeornis was named by Zhou and Zhang (2002). It is the type genus of Sapeornithidae.
It was assigned to Aves by Zhou and Zhang (2002); to Sapeornithidae by Zhou and Zhang (2006), Zhou and Wang (2010) and Gao et al. (2012); to Avialae by Kurochkin et al. (2013) and Godefroit et al. (2013); to Aves by O'Connor and Sullivan (2014); to Sapeornithiformes by O'Connor and Zelenkov (2013) and O'Connor et al. (2014); and to Pygostylia by Zhang et al. (2014), Wang et al. (2014), Lefevre et al. (2014), Wang et al. (2014), Wang et al. (2015) and Wang and Liu (2015).
It was assigned to Aves by Zhou and Zhang (2002); to Sapeornithidae by Zhou and Zhang (2006), Zhou and Wang (2010) and Gao et al. (2012); to Avialae by Kurochkin et al. (2013) and Godefroit et al. (2013); to Aves by O'Connor and Sullivan (2014); to Sapeornithiformes by O'Connor and Zelenkov (2013) and O'Connor et al. (2014); and to Pygostylia by Zhang et al. (2014), Wang et al. (2014), Lefevre et al. (2014), Wang et al. (2014), Wang et al. (2015) and Wang and Liu (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Sapeornis Zhou and Zhang p. 34 |
| 2006 | Sapeornis Zhou and Zhang p. 78 |
| 2010 | Shenshiornis Hu et al. p. 472 |
| 2010 | Sapeornis Zhou and Wang |
| 2012 | Sapeornis Gao et al. p. 1103 figs. 2-9 |
| 2013 | Sapeornis Godefroit et al. |
| 2013 | Sapeornis Kurochkin et al. |
| 2013 | Sapeornis O'Connor and Zelenkov |
| 2014 | Sapeornis Lefevre et al. |
| 2014 | Sapeornis O'Connor et al. |
| 2014 | Sapeornis O'Connor and Sullivan |
| 2014 | Sapeornis Wang et al. |
| 2014 | Sapeornis Wang et al. |
| 2014 | Sapeornis Zhang et al. |
| 2015 | Sapeornis Wang and Liu |
| 2015 | Sapeornis Wang et al. |
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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.
G. †Sapeornis Zhou and Zhang 2002
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†Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou and Zhang 2002
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Invalid names: Didactylornis jii Yuan 2008 [synonym], Sapeornis angustis Zhou and Zhang 2009 [synonym], Shenshiornis primita Hu et al. 2010 [synonym]
Invalid names: Shenshiornis Hu et al. 2010 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available