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Preficinae (disused)

Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Steatornithidae

Taxonomy
Preficinae was named by Olson (1987) [The inclusion of Preficinae into Steatornithidae is only tentative (Mayr 1999)]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Steatornithidae by Olson (1987), Mayr (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Preficinae Olson
1999Preficinae Mayr pp. 525-531

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderCaprimulgiformesRidgway 1881
suborderCaprimulgiRidgway 1888
familySteatornithidaeBonaparte 1842
subfamilyPreficinae
subfamilyPreficinae

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. †Preficinae Olson 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available