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Avalonianus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Avalonianus was named by Kuhn (1961). Its type is Avalonia sanfordi.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Galton (1998) and Naish and Martill (2007).

It was assigned to Saurischia by Kuhn (1964); and to Melanorosauridae by Charig (1967), Steel (1970) and Anderson and Cruickshank (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Avalonianus Kuhn
1964Avalonianus Kuhn p. 324
1967Avalonianus Charig p. 712
1970Avalonianus Steel p. 57
1978Avalonianus Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
genusAvalonianusKuhn 1961

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. †Avalonianus Kuhn 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available