Aepyornithiformes
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Classis: Aves
Infraclassis: Palaeognathae
Ordo: †Aepyornithiformes
Familiae: †Aepyornithidae – †Mullerornithidae
Name
[edit]Aepyornithiformes Newton, 1884: 44 ["Aepyornithes"] Note: Newton actually used "Aepyornithes" earlier in 1877, and Aepyornithiformes proper was first used by Fürbringer, 1888
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
Notes
[edit]Vernacular names
[edit]- 日本語: エピオルニス目
- norsk: Elefantfugler
- українська: Епіорнісоподібні