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Vulturinae (vulture)

Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Taxonomy
Vulturidae was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant. Its type is Vultur.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cathartidae by Amadon (1977), Livezey and Zusi (2007); it was reranked as the subfamily Vulturinae by Agnolín et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Vulturoidae by Hay (1930); to Falconiformes by Guthrie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Ciconiiformes by Emslie (1988), Emslie (1988), Carroll (1988), Emslie (1992), Stucchi and Emslie (2005); and to Cathartidae by Agnolín et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Vulturidae Illiger
1930Vulturidae Hay p. 310
1988Vulturidae Carroll
1988Vulturidae Emslie
1992Vulturidae Emslie p. 253
1992Vulturidae Guthrie p. 322
2001Vulturidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 297
2005Vulturidae Stucchi and Emslie p. 108
2017Vulturinae Agnolín et al.

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
subfamilyVulturinae(Illiger 1811)
subfamilyVulturinae(Illiger 1811)

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. Vulturinae Illiger 1811 [vulture]
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G. †Aizengyps Emslie 1998
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Aizengyps toomeyae Emslie 1998
G. †Diatropornis Milne-Edwards 1892
G. †Geronogyps Campbell 1979 [vulture]
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Geronogyps reliquus Campbell 1979 [vulture]
G. †Hadrogyps Emslie 1988
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Hadrogyps aigialeus Emslie 1988
G. †Palaeogyps Wetmore 1927
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Palaeogyps prodromus Wetmore 1927
G. †Pampagyps Agnolín et al. 2017
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Pampagyps imperator Agnolín et al. 2017
G. †Perugyps Stucchi and Emslie 2005
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Perugyps diazi Stucchi and Emslie 2005
G. †Phasmagyps Wetmore 1927
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Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore 1927
G. †Wingegyps Alvarenga and Olson 2004
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Wingegyps cartellei Alvarenga and Olson 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available