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Avisauridae

Reptilia - Avisauridae

Taxonomy
Avisauridae was named by Brett-Surman and Paul (1985). It is not extant. Its type is Avisaurus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Alexornithidae by Kurochkin (1996); it was reranked as the unranked clade Avisauridae by Cau and Arduini (2008).

It was assigned to Theropoda by Brett-Surman and Paul (1985); to Alexornithiformes by Kurochkin (2000); to Euenantiornithes by Cau and Arduini (2008); and to Enantiornithes by Chiappe and Calvo (1994), Sanz et al. (1995), Varricchio and Chiappe (1995) and Atterholt et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Avisauridae Brett-Surman and Paul p. 3
1994Avisauridae Chiappe and Calvo p. 232
1995Avisauridae Sanz et al. p. 18 fig. 15
1995Avisauridae Varricchio and Chiappe p. 201 fig. 2
2000Avisauridae Kurochkin p. 540
2008Avisauridae Cau and Arduini
2018Avisauridae Atterholt et al.

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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
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
subclassEnantiornithes
familyAvisauridae
familyAvisauridae

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.

Fm. †Avisauridae Brett-Surman and Paul 1985
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G. †Avisaurus Brett-Surman and Paul 1985
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†Avisaurus archibaldi Brett-Surman and Paul 1985
G. †Bauxitornis Dyke and Osi 2010
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†Bauxitornis mindszentyae Dyke and Osi 2010
G. †Enantiophoenix Cau and Arduini 2008
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†Enantiophoenix electrophyla Cau and Arduini 2008
G. †Gettyia Atterholt et al. 2018
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†Gettyia gloriae Varricchio and Chiappe 1995
G. †Halimornis Chiappe et al. 2002
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†Halimornis thompsoni Chiappe et al. 2002
G. †Intiornis Novas et al. 2010
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†Intiornis inexpectatus Novas et al. 2010
G. †Mirarce Atterholt et al. 2018
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†Mirarce eatoni Atterholt et al. 2018
G. †Neuquenornis Chiappe and Calvo 1994
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†Neuquenornis volans Chiappe and Calvo 1994
G. †Soroavisaurus Chiappe 1993
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†Soroavisaurus australis Chiappe 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available