Aepyornithiformes

Aepyornis maximus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aepyornithiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Ornithurae Classis: Aves Infraclassis: Palaeognathae Ordo: †Aepyornithiformes

‎Classis: Aves
Infraclassis: Palaeognathae
Ordo: †Aepyornithiformes
Familiae: †Aepyornithidae – †Mullerornithidae

Name

Aepyornithiformes Newton, 1884: 44 ["Aepyornithes"] Note: Newton actually used "Aepyornithes" earlier in 1877, and Aepyornithiformes proper was first used by Fürbringer, 1888

References

Primary references

• Newton, A. 1884. Ornithology. Encyclopædia Britannica 9th ed. 18: 2–50. Reference page. 
• Fürbringer, M. (1888), Untersuchungen zur Morphologie und Systematik der Vögel [Studies on the morphology and systematics of birds] Amsterdam: van Halkema p. XLVIII
• Newton, Alfred: "The nomenclature of the groups of Ratitae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 (20), 1877, pp. 499–500

Vernacular names

• 日本語: エピオルニス目
• norsk: Elefantfugler
• українська: Епіорнісоподібні

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