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Apatornithidae (disused)

Reptilia - Apatornithidae

Taxonomy
Apatornithidae was named by Fürbringer (1888).

It was assigned to Pteropappi by Hay (1902); and to Ichthyornithiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960) and Brodkorb (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Apatornithidae Fürbringer
1902Apatornithidae Hay p. 520
1933Apatornithidae Lambrecht p. 585
1956Apatornithidae Wetmore p. 6
1960Apatornithidae Wetmore p. 23
1963Apatornithidae Brodkorb p. 69

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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
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—Ichthyornithes()
familyApatornithidaeFürbringer 1888
familyApatornithidaeFürbringer 1888

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. †Apatornithidae Fürbringer 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available