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Baptornis advenus

Reptilia - Hesperornithiformes - Baptornithidae

Taxonomy
Baptornis advenus was named by Marsh (1877) [Marsh's original type includes distal and proximal fragments of a right tarsometatarsal probably belonging to separate individuals; the distal end was selected as the lectotype by Martin and Tate 1976 (p. 37) see also Shufeldt 1915]. Its type specimen is YPM 1465, a limb element (distal end of right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baptornis advenus type locality, which is in a Coniacian offshore chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Baptornis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Baptornis advenus Marsh
1880Baptornis advenus Marsh p. 192
1890Baptornis advenus Zittel p. 828
1902Baptornis advenus Hay p. 522
1903Baptornis advenus Lucas p. 553
1915Baptornis advenus Shufeldt p. 9
1930Baptornis advenus Hay p. 279
1933Baptornis advenus Lambrecht p. 258
1940Baptornis advenus Wetmore p. 4
1956Baptornis advenus Wetmore p. 5
1971Baptornis advenus Brodkorb p. 39
1976Baptornis advenus Martin and Tate, Jr. p. 37
2013Baptornis advenus O'Connor and Zelenkov
2014Baptornis advenus O'Connor et al.
2014Baptornis advenus Wang et al.
2016Baptornis advenus Bell and Chiappe

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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
PygostyliaChiappe 2002
Ornithothoraces
OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
orderHesperornithiformesFürbringer 1888
familyBaptornithidaeAmerican Ornithologists' Union 1910
genusBaptornisMarsh 1877
speciesadvenus

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.

Baptornis advenus Marsh 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available