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Nesotrochidae

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Nesotrochidae

Taxonomy
Nesotrochidae was named by Stervander et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Gruiformes by Stervander et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Nesotrochis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Nesotrochidae Stervander et al. p. 90

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—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
familyNesotrochidae
familyNesotrochidae

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. †Nesotrochidae Stervander et al. 2025
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G. †Nesotrochis Wetmore 1918 [cave-rail]
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†Nesotrochis debooyi Wetmore 1918 [Antillean cave rail]
†Nesotrochis picapicensis Fisher and Stephan 1971
†Nesotrochis steganinos Olson 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available