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Phoenicopteriformes (flamingo)

Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes

Taxonomy
Phoenicopteriformes was named by Howard (1955) [modified from Phoenicopteri]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Phoenicopteriformes by Mayr (2005); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Ciconioidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Neognathae by Mayr (2005); to Mirandornithes by Sangster (2005); to Aves by Howard (1972) and del Hoyo et al. (2014); to Neornithes by Clements et al. (2017); and to Neoaves by Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Phoenicopteriformes Howard p. 22
1972Phoenicopteriformes Howard p. 8
2005Phoenicopteriformes Mayr p. 318
2005Phoenicopteriformes Sangster p. 613
2014Phoenicopteriformes del Hoyo et al.
2017Phoenicopteriformes Clements et al.
2020Phoenicopteriformes Worthy and Nguyen p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderPhoenicopteriformes
orderPhoenicopteriformes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Phoenicopteriformes Howard 1955 [flamingo]
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G. †Adelalopus Mayr and Smith 2002
G. †Agnopterus Milne-Edwards 1868
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Agnopterus gallicus Milne-Edwards 1891
Agnopterus laurillardi Milne-Edwards 1869
Agnopterus turgaiensis Turgarinov 1940
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Invalid names: Cygnopterus lambrechti Kurochkin 1968 [synonym]
Fm. †Palaelodidae Stejneger 1885 [swimming flamingo]
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G. †Megapaloelodus Miller 1944
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Megapaloelodus opsigonus Brodkorb 1961 [flamingo]
Megapaloelodus peiranoi Agnolín 2009
G. †Palaelodus Milne-Edwards 1863
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Palaelodus ambiguus Milne-Edwards 1871
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Invalid names: Grus miocenicus Grigorescu and Kessler 1977 [synonym], Grus problematica Milne-Edwardsq 1871 [synonym], Palaelodus minutus Milne-Edwards 1871 [synonym]
Palaelodus aotearoa Worthy et al. 2010
Palaelodus crassipes Milne-Edwards 1871
Palaelodus goliath Milne-Edwards 1871
Palaelodus gracilipes Milne-Edwards 1863
Palaelodus pledgei Baird and Vickers-Rich 1998
Palaelodus wilsoni Baird and Vickers-Rocj 1998
Invalid names: Probalearica Lambrecht 1933 [synonym]
Fm. Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte 1838 [flamingo]
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G. †Elornis Aymard 1856
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Elornis grandis Milne-Edwards 1870
Elornis littoralis Milne-Edwards 1868
G. Phoeniconaias Gray 1869
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Phoeniconaias gracilis Miller 1963
Phoeniconaias proeses De Vis 1905
G. †Phoeniconotius Miller 1963
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Phoeniconotius eyrensis Miller 1963
G. Phoenicoparrus Bonaparte 1856
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Phoenicoparrus andinus Philippi 1854 [Andean flamingo]
Phoenicoparrus jamesi Sclater 1886 [Puna flamingo]
Phoenicoparrus minor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1798 [Lesser flamingo]
G. Phoenicopterus Linnaeus 1758
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Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina 1782 [Chilean flamingo]
Phoenicopterus copei Shufeldt 1891
Phoenicopterus croizeti Gervais 1852
Phoenicopterus floridanus Brodkorb 1953 [flamingo]
Phoenicopterus minutus Howard 1955
Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas 1811 [greater flamingo]
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Invalid names: Phoenicopterus antiquorum Temminck 1815 [synonym]
Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus 1758 [American flamingo]
Phoenicopterus stocki Miller 1944
Invalid names: Gervaisia Harrison and Walker 1976 [synonym], Harrisonavis Kašin 1978 [synonym]
G. †Xenorhynchopsis De Vis 1905
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Xenorhynchopsis minor De Vis 1905
Xenorhynchopsis tibialis De Vis 1905
G. †Tiliornis Ameghino 1899
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Tiliornis senex Ameghino 1899
Invalid names: Juncitarsidae Peters 1987 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available