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Patagopteryx deferrariisi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Patagopteryx deferrariisi was named by Alvarenga and Bonaparte (1992). Its type specimen is MACN-N 03, a partial skeleton (incomplete postcranial skeleton consisting of 18 vertebrae, synsacrum, and much of the pectoral and pelvic girdles, wings, and hindlimbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boca del Sapo, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, which is in a Santonian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Patagopteryx deferrariisi Alvarenga and Bonaparte p. 51
1994Patagopteryx deferrariisi Chiappe and Calvo p. 230
1997Patagopteryx deferriasi Novas p. 684
2002Patagopteryx deferrariisi Chiappe p. 282
2004Patagopteryx deferrariisi Padian p. 212
2011Patagopteryx deferrariisi Lawver et al.
2012Patagopteryx deferrariisi Candeiro and Harris p. 74
2013Patagopteryx deferrariisi Zhou et al.
2015Patagopteryx deferrariisi Méndez et al. p. 28
2016Patagopteryx deferaisii Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 53

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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
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
genusPatagopteryx
speciesdeferrariisi

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.

†Patagopteryx deferrariisi Alvarenga and Bonaparte 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available