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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Reptilia
............................................Eureptilia
..............................................Romeriida
................................................Diapsida
..................................................Eosuchia
....................................................Neodiapsida
......................................................Sauria
........................................................Archosauromorpha
..........................................................Archosauria
............................................................Avesuchia
..............................................................Avemetatarsalia
................................................................Ornithodira
..................................................................Dinosauromorpha
....................................................................Dinosauriformes
......................................................................Dinosauria
........................................................................Saurischia
..........................................................................Eusaurischia
............................................................................Theropoda
..............................................................................Tetanurae
................................................................................Avetheropoda
..................................................................................Coelurosauria
....................................................................................Tyrannoraptora
......................................................................................Maniraptoriformes
........................................................................................Maniraptora
..........................................................................................Paraves
............................................................................................Avialae
..............................................................................................Family †Scansoriopterygidae
..............................................................................................(Species †Ornithomimus minutus)
..............................................................................................(Genus †Ilerdopteryx)
..............................................................................................(Genus †Platannavis)
..............................................................................................(Genus †Scansoriopteryx)
..............................................................................................(Genus †Wileyia)
..............................................................................................(Order †Protoaviformes)
..............................................................................................(Aves)
..............................................................................................Class Aves - birds
................................................................................................Genus †Zhongornis
................................................................................................Family †Ptenopodiscidae
................................................................................................Order †Archaeopterygiformes
................................................................................................Order †Jeholornithiformes
................................................................................................Order †Limnornithiformes
................................................................................................Order †Praeornithiformes
................................................................................................Order †Sinosauropterygiformes
................................................................................................Order †Yandangithformes
................................................................................................Pygostylia
................................................................................................»Genus †Archaeopteryx
................................................................................................»Genus †Jeholornis
................................................................................................»Genus †Rahonavis
................................................................................................»Family †Archaeopterygidae
................................................................................................»Order Charadriiformes - shorebirds, gulls, auks
................................................................................................»Order †Confuciusornithiformes
................................................................................................»Order †Hesperornithiformes
................................................................................................»Order Pelecaniformes
................................................................................................»Order Procellariiformes
................................................................................................»Order †Sapeornithiformes
................................................................................................»Order Sphenisciformes
................................................................................................»Subclass †Enantiornithes
................................................................................................»Subclass Neornithes
................................................................................................(Genus Leptopus)
................................................................................................(Genus †Rahona)
................................................................................................(Genus †Scanirnis)
................................................................................................(Order Accipitres)
................................................................................................(Order Anseres)
................................................................................................(Order †Caenagnathiformes)
................................................................................................(Order Gallinae)
................................................................................................(Order Grallae)
................................................................................................(Order †Ichthornithiformes)
................................................................................................(Order Passeres)
................................................................................................(Order Picae)
................................................................................................(Subclass †Archaeornithes)
................................................................................................(Subclass †Archeornithes)
................................................................................................(Subclass †Odontoholcae)
................................................................................................(Subclass Ornithurae)
................................................................................................(Subclass Pygostylia)
................................................................................................(Subclass †Sauriurae)
Geography
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Asia
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Atlantic Ocean
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Indian Ocean
Geographic region
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South America
Morphology
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Cloaca
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: 23 Feb 2012
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012