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Brontornithinae
Taxonomy
Brontornithidae was named by Moreno and Mercerat (1891).
It was reranked as the subfamily Brontornithinae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Alvarenga (1993), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Stereornithes by Moreno and Mercerat (1891); to Stereornithes by Lambrecht (1933); to Phororhacoidea by Wetmore (1960); to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968); and to Phorusrhacidae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Alvarenga (1993), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
It was reranked as the subfamily Brontornithinae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Alvarenga (1993), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Stereornithes by Moreno and Mercerat (1891); to Stereornithes by Lambrecht (1933); to Phororhacoidea by Wetmore (1960); to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968); and to Phorusrhacidae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Alvarenga (1993), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Brontornithidae Moreno and Mercerat |
| 1894 | Callornis Ameghino |
| 1933 | Callornis Lambrecht p. 508 |
| 1933 | Brontornithidae Lambrecht p. 511 |
| 1960 | Brontornithidae Wetmore p. 27 |
| 1968 | Brontornithidae Cracraft p. 43 |
| 1981 | Brontornithinae Mourer-Chauviré p. 643 |
| 1993 | Brontornithinae Alvarenga p. 404 |
| 2003 | Brontornithinae Alvarenga and Holfing p. 64 |
| 2005 | Brontornithinae Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 |
| 2007 | Brontornithinae Bertelli et al. p. 415 figs. Table 2 |
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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.
Subfm. †Brontornithinae Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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G. †Ameghinia Sharpe
Invalid names: Callornis Ameghino 1894 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available