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Wellnhoferia

Reptilia - Avetheropoda

Taxonomy
Wellnhoferia was named by Elzanowski (2001). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Archaeopteryx by Mayr et al. (2007) and Bennett (2008).

It was assigned to Archaeopterygidae by Elzanowski (2001) and Padian (2004); and to Avialae by Lee and Worthy (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Wellnhoferia Elzanowski p. 520
2004Wellnhoferia Padian p. 211
2011Wellnhoferia Lee and Worthy p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Sarcopterygii
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda()
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
—Batrachosauria()
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
RankNameAuthor
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
orderAvetheropoda
suborderCoelurosauria
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
genusWellnhoferia

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available