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Tonsalinae

Reptilia - Suliformes - Plotopteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Tonsalinae Mayr and Goedert p. 52

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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
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyPlotopteridae
subfamilyTonsalinae
subfamilyTonsalinae

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.

Subfm. †Tonsalinae Mayr and Goedert 2018
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G. †Copepteryx Olson and Hasegawa 1996
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Copepteryx hexeris Olson and Hasegawa 1996
Copepteryx titan Olson and Hasegawa 1996
G. †Hokkaidornis Sakurai et al. 2008
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Hokkaidornis abashiriensis Sakurai et al. 2008
G. †Klallamornis Mayr and Goedert 2016
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Klallamornis abyssa Mayr and Goedert 2016
Klallamornis clarki Mayr and Goedert 2016
G. †Olympidytes Mayr and Goedert 2016
G. †Tonsala Olson 1980
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Tonsala buchanani Dyke et al. 2011
Tonsala hildegardae Olson 1980
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2018Most inclusive clade comprising Tonsala Olson, 1980, but not Plotopterum Howard, 1969, Stemec Kaiser et al., 2015, and Phocavis Goedert, 1988. Characterized by: coracoid with (1) entire sternal portion of facies articularis humeralis extending beyond facies articularis scapularis; (2) facies articularis scapularis cup-shaped; (3) extremitas sternalis with long and strap-like medial projection; (4) crista articularis sternalis low in sterno- omal direction and with very wide ventral portion; (5) tarsometa- tarsus without foramen vasculare distale (in Hokkaidornis and Copepteryx there is a distally open dorsal fossa, but the plantar opening of a true foramen vasculare distale is absent).