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Accipitres

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Accipitres was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Accipitres by Zittel (1890), Jaekel (1911).

It was assigned to Ciconiiformes by Zittel (1890); to Raptores by Hay (1902); to Falconiformes by Jaekel (1911); to Accipitriformes by Brunet (1970); and to Falconiformes by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Accipitres Linnaeus p. 83
1890Accipitres Zittel p. 842
1902Accipitres Hay p. 535
1911Accipitres Jaekel p. 178
1970Accipitres Brunet p. 44
2007Accipitres Livezey and Zusi p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
suborderAccipitres
suborderAccipitres

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.

Subor. Accipitres Linnaeus 1758
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Infraor. Falconides
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Invalid names: Accipitroidea [empty], Falconoidea [empty]
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Fm. Sagittariidae [Secretary bird]
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G. †Amphiserpentarius Gailard 1908
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Amphiserpentarius robustus Milne-Edwards 1870
G. Sagittarius Hermann 1783
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Sagittarius serpentarius Miller 1779 [secretarybird]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available