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Neophrontops americanus

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Neophrontops americanus was named by Miller (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 22402, a limb element (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Neophrontops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Neophrontops americanus Miller p. 106 fig. 1a
1930Neophrontops americanus Hay p. 323
1933Neophrontops americanus Lambrecht p. 403
1940Neophrontops americanus Wetmore p. 33
1942Neophrontops americanus Miller and DeMay p. 95
1956Neophrontops americanus Wetmore p. 39
1977Neophrontops americanus Rich

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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
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
subfamilyAegypiinae
genusNeophrontops
speciesamericanus

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.

†Neophrontops americanus Miller 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available