Phorusrhacidae

A drawing of Phorusrhacos

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Classis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Cariamiformes
Familia: †Phorusrhacidae
Subfamiliae: †Brontornithinae - †Phorusrhacinae - †Patagornithinae - †Psilopterinae - †Mesembriornithinae

Overview of genera

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Name

Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889

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)

References

• Alvarenga, Herculano M.F.; Höfling, Elizabeth (2003). "Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43 (4): 55–91.

Vernacular names

English: Terror birds
français: Oiseaux-Terreurs
magyar: Gyilokmadarak