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Diogenornis

Reptilia - Rheiformes - Rheidae

Taxonomy
Diogenornis was named by Alvarenga (1983). Its type is Diogenornis fragilis.

It was assigned to Opisthodactylidae by Alvarenga (1983), Houde (1988), Carroll (1988); and to Rheidae by Mayr (2009).

Species
D. fragilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Diogenornis Alvarenga
1988Diogenornis Carroll
1988Diogenornis Houde
2009Diogenornis Mayr p. 32

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
orderRheiformes
familyRheidaeBonaparte 1849
genusDiogenornis

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. †Diogenornis Alvarenga 1983
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†Diogenornis fragilis Alvarenga 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available