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Austinornis lentus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Graculavus lentus was named by Marsh (1877). Its type specimen is YPM 1796, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ichthyornis lentus by Marsh (1880), Hay (1902), Lambrecht (1933) and Wetmore (1956); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hope (2002); it was recombined as Austinornis lentus by Clarke (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Graculavus lentus Marsh
1880Ichthyornis lentus Marsh p. 198
1902Ichthyornis lentus Hay p. 520
1915Graculavus lentus Shufeldt p. 20
1933Ichthyornis lentus Lambrecht p. 583
1956Ichthyornis lentus Wetmore p. 5
2004Austinornis lentus Clarke p. 52 fig. 17

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Pangalliformes
genusAustinornis
specieslentus()

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.

†Austinornis lentus Marsh 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available