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Morphnus (crested eagle)

Osteichthyes - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Morphnus was named by Dumont (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Buteoninae by Hay (1930), Howard (1932), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Campbell (1979).

Species
M. woodwardi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Morphnus Dumont
1930Morphnus Hay p. 316
1932Morphnus Howard
1933Morphnus Lambrecht p. 414
1940Morphnus Wetmore p. 38
1956Morphnus Wetmore p. 45
1979Morphnus Campbell

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
subfamilyButeoninaeVigors 1824
genusMorphnusDumont 1816

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.

G. Morphnus Dumont 1816 [crested eagle]
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†Morphnus woodwardi Miller 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available