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Rhynchaeites

Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchaeites was named by Wittich (1898). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rostratulidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Plataleidae by Carroll (1988); to Threskiornithidae by Peters (1983) and Mlikovsky (2002); and to Rhynchaeitinae by Mayr and Kitchener (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Rhynchaeites Wittich p. 103 figs. 1-17
1933Rhynchaeites Lambrecht p. 531
1980Plumumida Hoch
1983Rhynchaeites Peters pp. 1-4, 6-19 figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9-11
1988Rhynchaeites Carroll
2002Rhynchaeites Mlikovsky p. 91
2023Rhynchaeites Mayr and Kitchener p. 427

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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()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
familyThreskiornithidaeRichmond 1917
subfamilyRhynchaeitinaeMayr 2002
genusRhynchaeitesWittich 1898

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. †Rhynchaeites Wittich 1898
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Rhynchaeites litoralis Mayr and Kitchener 2023
Rhynchaeites messelensis Wittich 1898
Invalid names: Plumumida Hoch 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2023(1) Beak long, slender, and schizorhi- nal, tip slightly decurved, and proximal portion of maxilla dorsoventrally deep; (2) palate schizognathous; (3) at least three thoracic vertebrae co-ossified to form a notarium; (4) unfused thoracic vertebra with large pneumatic openings on the lateral surfaces of its corpus; (5) coracoid with deeply excavated, cup-like cotyla scapularis and short processus acrocoracoideus; (6) sternum with deep incisura medialis and wide trabecula mediana; (7) carpometacarpus with long symphysis metacarpalis distalis; (8) ilium not co-ossified with crista spinosa synsacri; (9) tarsometatarsus shorter than femur.