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Cyphornithidae

Osteichthyes - Pelecaniformes - Cyphornithidae

Taxonomy
Cyphornithidae was named by Wemore (1928). Its type is Cyphornis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pelagornithidae by Olson (1985), González-Barba et al. (2002).

It was assigned to Pelecanoidae by Hay (1930); to Pelecanoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960); and to Pelecaniformes by Wemore (1928), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1972).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Cyphornithidae Wemore p. 4
1930Cyphornithidae Hay p. 290
1933Cyphornithidae Lambrecht p. 280
1940Cyphornithidae Wetmore p. 10
1956Cyphornithidae Wetmore p. 13
1960Cyphornithidae Wetmore p. 24
1972Cyphornithidae Howard p. 5

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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
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
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
superfamilyPelecanoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCyphornithidae
familyCyphornithidae

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. †Cyphornithidae Wemore 1928
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G. †Palaeochenoides Shufeldt 1916
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Palaeochenoides miocaenus Schufeldt 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available