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Gallinula chloropus (Eurasian moorhen)

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Fulica chloropus Linnaeus p. 152
1918Gallinula chloropus Wetmore p. 520
1931Gallinula chloropus Wetmore p. 39
1933Gallinula chloropus Wetmore p. 12
1940Gallinula chloropus Wetmore p. 53
1956Gallinula chloropus Wetmore p. 65
1963Gallinula brodkorbi McCoy p. 344 fig. 3
1967Gallinula brodkorbi Brodkorb p. 125
1975Gallinula chloropus Olson p. 25
1977Gallinula chloropus Olson p. 350
1977Gallinula chloropus brodkorbi Olson p. 350
1982Gallinula chloropus Olson and James p. 36
1988Gallinula chloropus Weesie p. 25 figs. Pl 6, fig 1
1999Gallinula chloropus Goodman
2002Gallinula chloropus Mlikovsky p. 178
2003Gallinula chloropus Steadman et al.
2010Gallinula chloropus Steadman and Mead p. 435
2017Gallinula chloropus Clements et al.
2018Gallinula chloropus Carrera et al. p. 154 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
2018Gallinula chloropus Michailidis et al. p. 87 fig. 2L

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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
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyRallidaeVigors 1825
genusGallinulaBrisson 1760
specieschloropus()

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.

Gallinula chloropus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian moorhen]
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Invalid names: Gallinula brodkorbi McCoy 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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