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Gansuiformes (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Gansuiformes was named by Hou and Liu (1984).

It was assigned to Aves by Hou and Liu (1984); and to Ornithurae by Hou (1997).

Subtaxa
Gansuidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Gansuiformes Hou and Liu p. 1300
1997Gansuiformes Hou p. 103

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Gansuiformes
—Gansuiformes

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.

Unr. †Gansuiformes Hou and Liu 1984
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Hou and Z. Liu 1984Same characters with the only known family, Gansuidae.