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Monotypic taxon: Genus †Epidendrosaurus Zhang, Zhou, Xu & Wang, 2002 (bird)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Family) Scansoriopterygidae

Current position

†Scansoriopterygidae (Family) Czerkas & Yuan, 2002

Ref: F. Zhang et al., 2008: fig. 3.

Alternative positions

*Avialae* (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: K. Padian, 2004: table 11.1 (p. 216).
†*Scansoriopterygidae* (Clade) Czerkas & Yuan 2002 [Zhang et al. 2008]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 34.

Historical positions

†*Scansoriopterygidae* (Clade) Czerkas & Yuan 2002 [Zhang et al. 2008]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 34.
*Avialae* (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: K. Padian, 2004: table 11.1 (p. 216).

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 6 Jan 2019	[; †1s]
2015	C. Hendrickx et al.: 34	[; †1s]
2004	K. Padian	[; †1s]

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