Fodonyx

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Rhynchosauria 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Divisio: †Unspecified Archosauromorpha Division
Ordo: Rhynchosauria

Familia: Rhynchosauridae
Subfamilia: †Hyperodapedontinae
Genus: †Fodonyx
Species: †F. spenceri

Name

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Fodonyx Hone & Benton, 2008

Type species: Fodonyx spenceri Benton, 1990

Etymology: from Latin fodiō (“to dig”) + Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw”), in reference to the large unguals present on the foot. [Hone, Benton, 2008: p. 2]

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