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Avisaurus
Taxonomy
Avisaurus was named by Brett-Surman and Paul (1985). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Avisauridae.
It was assigned to Theropoda by Carroll (1988); to Euenantiornithes by Chiappe (2002); to Enantiornithes by Hutchison (1993), Padian (2004); to Avisauridae by Cau and Arduini (2008); to Enantiornithes by Horner et al. (2001), O'Connor et al. (2014); and to Avisauridae by Brett-Surman and Paul (1985), Chiappe and Calvo (1994), Sanz et al. (1995), Varricchio and Chiappe (1995), Kurochkin (2000), Atterholt et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Carroll (1988); to Euenantiornithes by Chiappe (2002); to Enantiornithes by Hutchison (1993), Padian (2004); to Avisauridae by Cau and Arduini (2008); to Enantiornithes by Horner et al. (2001), O'Connor et al. (2014); and to Avisauridae by Brett-Surman and Paul (1985), Chiappe and Calvo (1994), Sanz et al. (1995), Varricchio and Chiappe (1995), Kurochkin (2000), Atterholt et al. (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Avisaurus Brett-Surman and Paul p. 137 fig. 3 |
| 1988 | Avisaurus Carroll |
| 1993 | Avisaurus Hutchison p. 43A |
| 1994 | Avisaurus Chiappe and Calvo p. 241 |
| 1995 | Avisaurus Sanz et al. p. 18 fig. 15 |
| 1995 | Avisaurus Varricchio and Chiappe p. 201 |
| 2000 | Avisaurus Kurochkin p. 540 |
| 2001 | Avisaurus Horner et al. p. 9 |
| 2002 | Avisaurus Chiappe p. 458 |
| 2004 | Avisaurus Padian p. 212 |
| 2008 | Avisaurus Cau and Arduini |
| 2014 | Avisaurus O'Connor et al. |
| 2018 | Avisaurus Atterholt 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. †Avisaurus Brett-Surman and Paul 1985
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†Avisaurus archibaldi Brett-Surman and Paul 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available