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Pelecani

Osteichthyes - Pelecaniformes

Taxonomy
Pelecani was named as a suborder.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Pelecani by Bourdon et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Pelicaniformes by Wetmore (1956); to Pelecaniformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1960), Brunet (1970), Cheneval (1984), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Cheneval (1993); and to Steganopodes by Bourdon et al. (2005).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Pelecani Wetmore p. 10
1956Pelecani Wetmore p. 12
1960Pelecani Wetmore p. 24
1970Pelecani Brunet p. 11
1984Pelecani Cheneval p. 53
1985Pelecani Olson p. 201
1988Pelecani Carroll
1993Pelecani Cheneval p. 89
2005Pelecani Bourdon et al. p. 166

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderPelecaniformesSharpe 1891
suborderSteganopodes
Pelecani
Pelecani

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.

Unr. †Pelecani
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Superfm. Pelecanoidea Rafinesque 1815
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Fm. †Cyphornithidae Wemore 1928
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G. †Palaeochenoides Shufeldt 1916
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Palaeochenoides miocaenus Schufeldt 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available