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Sphenisciformes
Sharpe, 1891
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Natura - nature
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........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 Neognathae
..............................................................................................................Subcohort Neoaves
................................................................................................................Division Natatores
..................................................................................................................Subdivision Pygopodo-tubinares
....................................................................................................................Superorder Procellariimorphae
......................................................................................................................Order Procellariiformes
......................................................................................................................Order Sphenisciformes
........................................................................................................................Family Spheniscidae - penguins
Authorship
Original name
Sharpe, 1891
Original rank
Original spelling
Types
Nominotypical taxon
Spheniscidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1831
Synonyms
In
Procellarioidea
(Superfamily)
Fürbringer, 1888
Phylogeny
Ancestor
Procellariiformes
(Order)
(Fürbringer, 1888)
[
W.J. Bock, 1982
: 967
]
Taxonomic positions
Subsequent position
Carinatae
(Infraclass)
Merrem, 1813
[
P. Brodkorb, 1963
: 231
]
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
pinguïns
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
1f;6g;18s;9ss; ‡1s; †22g;1s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
1f;6g;18s; †22g
2007
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi
[1f]
2003
J. Cracraft et al.
[1f;6g;17s]
1991 (1990)
C.M. Perrins
[1f;6g];17s
1982
W.J. Bock
1f;6g;18s
1979
T.I. Storer et al.
17s
1973 (1968)
B. Grzimek et al.
1f6g17(18)s5ss; †17s
1963
P. Brodkorb
[; †21g]
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012