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Gaviiformes
Wetmore & W.D. Miller, 1926
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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 Neognathae
..............................................................................................................Subcohort Neoaves
................................................................................................................Division Natatores
..................................................................................................................Subdivision Pygopodo-tubinares
....................................................................................................................Superorder Gaviomorphae
......................................................................................................................Order Podicipediformes
......................................................................................................................Order Gaviiformes
........................................................................................................................Family Gaviidae - divers
........................................................................................................................Family †Lonchodytidae
........................................................................................................................»Family †Enaliornithidae
Authorship
Original name
Wetmore & W.D. Miller, 1926
Original rank
Original spelling
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
Gaviomorphae
(Superorder)
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
Nominotypical taxon
Gaviidae
(Family)
J.A. Allen, 1897
Synonyms
In
Procellarioidea
(Superfamily)
Fürbringer, 1888
Taxonomic positions
Subsequent position
Carinatae
(Infraclass)
Merrem, 1813
[
P. Brodkorb, 1963
: 220
]
Subsequent position
Gaviomorphae
(Superorder)
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
[
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
: 90
]
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
duikers
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
1f;1g;5s;2ss; †1f;5g;4s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
1f;1g;5s; †1f;5g
2007
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi
[1f]
2003
J. Cracraft et al.
[1f;1g;5s]
1991 (1990)
C.M. Perrins
[1f;1g];5s
1982
W.J. Bock
1f;1g;4s
1973 (1968)
B. Grzimek et al.
1f1g4s
1963
P. Brodkorb
[; †2f;5g]
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