Phorusrhacidae
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Museum reconstruction
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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Gruiformes
Familia: †Phorusrhacidae
Subfamiliae: †Brontornithinae - †Phorusrhacinae - †Patagornithinae - †Psilopterinae - †Mesembriornithinae
[edit] Name
Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889
[edit] Synonyms
The family Phorusrhacidae have been described under a number of synonyms:
- Phororhacosidae Ameghino, 1889
- Pelecyornidae Ameghino, 1891
- Brontornithidae Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
- Darwinornithidae Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
- Stereornithidae Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
- Phororhacidae Lydekker, 1893 (unjustified emendation)
- Patagornithidae Mercerat, 1897
- Hermosiornidae Rovereto, 1914
- Psilopteridae Dolgopol de Saez, 1927
- Devincenziidae Kraglievich, 1932
- Hermosiorniidae Kraglievich, 1932 (unjustified emendation)
- Mesembriorniidae Kraglievich, 1932
- Hermosiornithidae Wetmore, 1934 (unjustified emendation)
[edit] References
- Alvarenga, Herculano M.F.; Höfling, Elizabeth (2003). "Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43 (4): 55–91.
