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Struthioniformes
Latham, 1790
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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 ‡Aepyornithiformes
..................................................................................................................Order Struthioniformes
....................................................................................................................Suborder Rheae
....................................................................................................................Suborder Struthioni
....................................................................................................................»Family †Eleutherornithidae
....................................................................................................................»Family †Palaeotididae
....................................................................................................................»Family Rheidae - rheas
....................................................................................................................»Family Struthionidae - ostriches
....................................................................................................................(Suborder Apteryges)
....................................................................................................................(Suborder Casuarii)
....................................................................................................................(Suborder Struthiones)
Authorship
Original name
Latham, 1790
Original rank
Subsequent spelling
Fürbringer, 1888
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
Struthionimorphae
(Superorder)
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
Nominotypical taxon
Struthioni
(Suborder)
Synonyms
Synonym
Struthiornithiformes
(Order)
Taxonomic positions
Subsequent position
Ratitae
(Infraclass)
(Merrem, 1813) P. Brodkorb, 1963
[
P. Brodkorb, 1963
: 196
]
Subsequent position
Struthionimorphae
(Superorder)
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
[
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
: 89
]
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
struisvogels
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
2f;3g;3s;12ss; ‡1ss; †3f;3g
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[2f;3g;3s;12ss; ‡1ss]
2007
B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi
[2f]
2000
4f5g12s; †1s
1993
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley
[2so;4f];5g;10s
1991 (1990)
C.M. Perrins
[1f;1g];1s
1990
4f
1982
W.J. Bock
1f;1g;1s
1979
5f6g10s17ss; †1s1ss
1973 (1968)
B. Grzimek et al.
5f6g9s38ss; †2f10g25-30s2ss
1963
P. Brodkorb
[; †1f;1g]
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