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Ornithochirus diomedeus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cimoliornis diomedeus was named by Owen (1846).

It was recombined as Ornithochirus diomedeus by Lydekker (1888); it was misspelled as Ornithocheirus diomedius by Van Den Broeck (1900).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Cimoliornis diomedeus Owen
1852Cimoliornis diomedeus Gervais p. 265
1882Cimoliornis diomedeus Quenstedt p. 135
1888Ornithochirus diomedeus Lydekker
1900Ornithocheirus diomedius Van Den Broeck p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
genusOrnithochirusCope 1872
speciesdiomedeus(Owen 1846)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available