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Taxon: Order
Aepyornithiformes
A. Newton, 1884
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Reptilia
............................................Eureptilia
..............................................Romeriida
................................................Diapsida
..................................................Eosuchia
....................................................Neodiapsida
......................................................Sauria
........................................................Archosauromorpha
..........................................................Archosauria
............................................................Avesuchia
..............................................................Avemetatarsalia
................................................................Ornithodira
..................................................................Dinosauromorpha
....................................................................Dinosauriformes
......................................................................Dinosauria
........................................................................Saurischia
..........................................................................Eusaurischia
............................................................................Theropoda
..............................................................................Tetanurae
................................................................................Avetheropoda
..................................................................................Coelurosauria
....................................................................................Tyrannoraptora
......................................................................................Maniraptoriformes
........................................................................................Maniraptora
..........................................................................................Paraves
............................................................................................Avialae
..............................................................................................Class Aves - birds
................................................................................................Pygostylia
..................................................................................................Ornithothoraces
....................................................................................................Ornithuromorpha
......................................................................................................Ornithurae
........................................................................................................Carinatae
..........................................................................................................Subclass Neornithes
............................................................................................................Cohort Palaeognathae
..............................................................................................................Subcohort Ratitae
................................................................................................................Superorder Struthionimorphae
..................................................................................................................Order Struthioniformes
..................................................................................................................Order ‡Aepyornithiformes
....................................................................................................................Family ‡Aepyornithidae - elephant birds
Authorship
Original name
Newton, A. 1884
Original rank
Subsequent spelling
Fürbringer, 1888
Types
Nominotypical taxon
Aepyornithidae
(Family)
(Bonaparte, 1853)
Synonyms
Synonym
†
Aepyornithes
(Suborder)
Taxonomic positions
Subsequent position
Ratitae
(Infraclass)
(Merrem, 1813) P. Brodkorb, 1963
[
P. Brodkorb, 1963
: 205
]
Subsequent position
Struthionimorphae
(Superorder)
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
[
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
: 89
]
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
Madagascarstruisvogels; olifantsvogels
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
‡1f;1g;1s; †3g;7s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
‡1f;1g; †3g
2007
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi
[; ‡1f]
1963
P. Brodkorb
[; ‡1f;1g; †3g]
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012