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Node-based clade: Ornithodira Gauthier 1986 (vertebrate)

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Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			J. Gauthier, 1986
Original name & spelling	:			Gauthier, J. 1986. In K. Padian (ed.), The Origin of Birds and the Evolution of Flight. Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. (No. 8): App. A (p. 43: "n. txn."). ≡
Original definition [PhyloCode]	:			op. cit.: App. A (p. 43: "=Lagosuchus, Pterosauria, Herrerasauridae, Ornithischia, Sauropodomorpha, and Theropoda").
Emended definition [PhyloCode]	:			Sereno, P.C. 1991. Soc. Vert. Paleont. Mem. 2: 34 ("Gauthier, 1986", "Definition").
Emended definition [PhyloCode]	:			Nesbitt, S.J. 2011. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. (no. 352): 206 ("Gauthier, 1986", "Revised definition: ... (new)").

Variants

Ranked name	:	†*Ornithodira* (Infradivision) Gauthier, 1986
Established (clade) name	:	*Ornithodira* (Clade) Gauthier 1986 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]		Ref: M.D. Ezcurra et al., 2020: Methods (p. [1]). [inferred]
Current rank	:	†*Ornithodira* (Infradivision) Gauthier, 1986

Synonyms

Synonymous name

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Avemetatarsalia (Clade) Benton 1999

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 206.

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