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Crown clade: Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. - amniotes (vertebrate)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation E. Haeckel, 1866 [J. Gauthier et al., in M.J. Benton, ed., 1988], nom. cl. praeinit.
Subsequent clade name (orig. spell.) Gauthier, J., Kluge, A.G. & Rowe, T. 1988b. In M.J. Benton (ed.), Phyl. Class. Tetrapods 1: 141.
Original definition [PhyloCode] op. cit.: 141 ("Amniota is restricted to the most recent common ancestor of extant mammals and reptiles ..., and all of its descendants.").

Attributes

Converted clade name (nomen cladi conversum) [PhyloCode] Ref: J. Gauthier et al. 1988b. In M.J. Benton (ed.), Phyl. Class. Tetrapods 1: 141. [new] [inferred]
Pre-starting-point clade name (nom. cl. inval.: "nom. cl. praeinit.") [PhyloCode: Note 6.2.1 ([1984-]<2020)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 9 Apr 2025.

Variants

Rank-based nameAmniota (Cohort) Haeckel, 1866 Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988b: 141. [inferred]
Rank-based nameAmniota (Series) Haeckel, 1866 Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988b: 141. [inferred]
Established (clade) nameAmniota (Clade) Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020] Ref: M. Laurin & R.R. Reisz, 2020: [793]; 9 Apr 2025. [inferred]
Different rankAmniota (Series) Haeckel, 1866

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameamniotes Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 467.
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