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Gastornithidae
Taxonomy
Gastornithidae was named by Furbringer (1888).
It was assigned to Anseriformes by Zittel (1890); to Gastornithes by Hay (1902); to Diatrymiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960); to Galliformes by Mayr (2005); to Anserimorphae by Mayr (2007); to Gastornithiformes by Martin (1992), Bourdon et al. (2014); and to Gastornithes by Worthy et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Anseriformes by Zittel (1890); to Gastornithes by Hay (1902); to Diatrymiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960); to Galliformes by Mayr (2005); to Anserimorphae by Mayr (2007); to Gastornithiformes by Martin (1992), Bourdon et al. (2014); and to Gastornithes by Worthy et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Gastornithidae Furbringer |
| 1890 | Gastornithidae Zittel p. 836 |
| 1902 | Gastornithidae Hay p. 522 |
| 1933 | Gastornithidae Lambrecht p. 573 |
| 1960 | Gastornithidae Wetmore p. 27 |
| 1992 | Gastornithidae Martin |
| 2005 | Gastornithidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Gastornithidae Mayr p. 395 |
| 2014 | Gastornithidae Bourdon et al. p. 176 |
| 2017 | Gastornithidae Worthy et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Gastornithidae Furbringer 1888
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G. †Gastornis Hébert 1855
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†Gastornis edwardsi Lemoine 1878
†Gastornis giganteus Cope 1876
†Gastornis laurenti Mourer-Chauviré and Bourdon 2020
†Gastornis minor Lemoine 1878
†Gastornis parisiensis Hébert 1855
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Invalid names: Gastornis edwardsii Lemoine 1878 [synonym], Gastornis klaasseni Newton 1885 [synonym]
†Gastornis russelli Martin 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available