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Elaninae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Buteonidae

Taxonomy
Elaninae was named by Blyth (1851). It is extant. Its type is Elanus.

It was assigned to Buteonidae by Hay (1930); and to Accipitridae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), del Hoyo et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Elaninae Blyth
1930Elaninae Hay p. 314
1940Elaninae Wetmore p. 33
1956Elaninae Wetmore p. 40
2014Elaninae del Hoyo et al.

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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
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
superfamilyFalconoidae
familyButeonidaeVigors 1824
subfamilyElaninaeBlyth 1851
subfamilyElaninaeBlyth 1851

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.

Subfm. Elaninae Blyth 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available