Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Classis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Sphenisciformes
Genus: †Waimanu
Species (2): W. manneringi – W. tuatahi

Name

• Waimanu Jones, Ando & Fordyce in Slack et al., 2006
  • Gender:
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Waimanu manneringi Jones, Ando & Fordyce in Slack et al., 2006
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 1145]

References

• Slack, K.E.; Jones, C.M.; Ando, T.; Harrison, G.L.(A.); Fordyce, R.E.; Arnason, U.; Penny, D. 2006: Early penguin fossils, plus mitochondrial genomes, calibrate avian evolution. Molecular biology and evolution, 23(6): 1144–1155. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj124 PDF