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Kizylkumavis

Reptilia - Alexornithiformes - Alexornithidae

Taxonomy
Kizylkumavis was named by Nessov (1984). It is not extant. Its type is Kizylkumavis cretacea.

It was assigned to Aves by Nessov (1984); and to Alexornithidae by Kurochkin (1996) and Kurochkin (2000).

Species
K. cretacea (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Kizylkumavis Nessov p. 44
1996Kizylkumavis Kurochkin
2000Kizylkumavis Kurochkin p. 534

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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
subclassEnantiornithes
orderAlexornithiformes
familyAlexornithidae
genusKizylkumavis

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. †Kizylkumavis Nessov 1984
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†Kizylkumavis cretacea Nessov 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available