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Podicipediformes
(Fürbringer, 1888) Sharpe, 1891
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......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 Gaviiformes
......................................................................................................................Order Podicipediformes
........................................................................................................................Family Podicipedidae - grebes
........................................................................................................................»Family †Baptornithidae
Authorship
Original name
Fürbringer, 1888
Subsequent rank
Sharpe, 1891
Original spelling
Types
Nominotypical taxon
Podicipedidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1831
Variants
Different rank
Podicipedida
(Parvorder)
Different spelling
Podicepidiformes
(Order)
Synonyms
Synonym
Colymbiformes
(Order)
[
W.J. Bock, 1982
: 970
]
Taxonomic positions
Subsequent position
Carinatae
(Infraclass)
Merrem, 1813
[
P. Brodkorb, 1963
: 226
]
Subsequent position
Gaviomorphae
(Superorder)
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
[
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
: 90
]
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
futen
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
1f;6g;19s;15ss; ‡3s; †1g;1s;2ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
1f;6g;19s; ‡3s; †1g
2007
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi
[1f]
2003
J. Cracraft et al.
[1f;6g;19s; ‡3s]
1991 (1990)
C.M. Perrins
[1f;6g];22[20]s; ‡[2s]
1982
W.J. Bock
1f;5g;20s
1973 (1968)
B. Grzimek et al.
1f4g10s
1963
P. Brodkorb
[; †1f;3g]
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