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Taxon: Infraclass
Ratitae
(Merrem, 1813) P. Brodkorb, 1963
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....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
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........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
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..................................................................................Coelurosauria
....................................................................................Tyrannoraptora
......................................................................................Maniraptoriformes
........................................................................................Maniraptora
..........................................................................................Paraves
............................................................................................Avialae
..............................................................................................Class Aves - birds
................................................................................................(Subclass Ornithurae)
..................................................................................................(Order †Chaoyangiformes)
..................................................................................................(Order †Chaoyangornithiformes)
..................................................................................................(Order †Gansuiornithiformes)
..................................................................................................(Superorder Carinatae)
..................................................................................................(Superorder Ratitae)
..................................................................................................(Infraclass Carinatae)
..................................................................................................(Infraclass Dromaeognathae)
..................................................................................................(Infraclass Ratitae)
....................................................................................................»Order ‡Aepyornithiformes
....................................................................................................»Order Apterygiformes
....................................................................................................»Order Casuariiformes
....................................................................................................»Order ‡Dinornithiformes - moas
....................................................................................................»Order Struthioniformes
....................................................................................................»(Order Rheiformes)
Authorship
Original name
Merrem, 1813
Subsequent rank
Brodkorb, P. 1963.
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum. Biological sciences
7
(4).
: 196
Original spelling
Variants
Different rank
Ratitae
(Parvclass)
(Merrem, 1813)
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Ornithurae
(Subclass)
Haeckel, 1866
Number of Subtaxa
1963
P. Brodkorb
[4o; ‡2o;3f;6g; †3f;11g]
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