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Nautilornis proavitus

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Nautilornis proavitus was named by Wetmore (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Green River, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Green River Formation of Utah.

It was synonymized subjectively with Presbyornis pervetus by Ericson (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Nautilornis proavitus Wetmore p. 394
1930Nautilornis proavitus Hay p. 344
1933Nautilornis proavitus Lambrecht p. 551
1940Nautilornis proavitus Wetmore p. 62
1956Nautilornis proavitus Wetmore p. 78

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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
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
superfamilyAlcoidae(Stejneger 1885)
familyAlcidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyNautilornithinae
genusNautilornis
speciesproavitus

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.

†Nautilornis proavitus Wetmore 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available