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Dromiceiidae

Osteichthyes - Dromiceiidae

Taxonomy
Dromiceiidae was named by Wetmore.

It was assigned to Casuariiformes by Lambrecht (1933); and to Aves by Brodkorb (1964).

Subtaxa
Dromaeus, Dromiceius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Dromiceiidae Lambrecht p. 111
1964Dromiceiidae Brodkorb p. 223

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
familyDromiceiidaeWetmore
familyDromiceiidaeWetmore

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. †Dromiceiidae Wetmore
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G. Dromaeus Vieillot 1816
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†Dromaeus diemenianus Jennings 1928
†Dromaeus queenslandiae De Vis 1884
Dromaeus sivalensis Lydekker 1879
G. †Dromiceius Vieillot
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†Dromiceius ocypus Miller 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available