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Neogaeornis wetzeli

Reptilia - Anseriformes

Taxonomy
Neogaeornis wetzeli was named by Lambrecht (1929). Its type specimen is GPMK 123, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus lacking proximal articular surface and inner trochlea), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is west end, Bahía San Vicente, which is in a Maastrichtian transition zone/lower shoreface mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht p. 123
1933Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht p. 258
1966Neogaeornis wetzeli Talent et al. p. 82
1971Neogaeornis wetzeli Brodkorb p. 40
1976Neogaeornis wetzeli Chong Diaz and Gasparini p. 54
1992Neogaeornis wetzeli Olson p. 122
2002Neogaeornis wetzeli Hope p. 367
2007Neogaeornis wetzeli Chavez p. 554
2011Neogaeornis wetzeli Lawver 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)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
—Vegaviidae
genusNeogaeornis
specieswetzeli

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.

†Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available