Overview
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A Subclass in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Subclass Pygostylia is a member of the Class Aves. Here is the complete "parentage" of Pygostylia:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
- Birds
- Subclass: Pygostylia
- Class: Aves
- Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subclass Pygostylia is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Infraclass (1): Ornithothoraces
- Order (4): Avetheropoda · Hesperornithiformes · Ichthyornithiformes · Oviraptorosauria
Orders
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Avetheropoda
Tetanurae, or "stiff tails", is a that includes most theropod dinosaurs, as well as birds. Tetanurans (or tetanurines) first appear during the early or middle Jurassic Period. [more]
Hesperornithiformes
Ichthyornithiformes
Oviraptorosauria
More info about the Order Oviraptorosauria may be found here.
Sources
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