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Scaniornithidae

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Scaniornithidae

Taxonomy
Scaniornithidae is a family. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phoenicopteriformes by Howard (1955); and to Phoenicopteri by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960).

Subtaxa
Scaniornis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Scaniornithidae Lambrecht p. 334
1955Scaniornithidae Howard p. 24
1960Scaniornithidae Wetmore p. 25

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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
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderPhoenicopteri(Furbringer)
familyScaniornithidae
familyScaniornithidae

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.

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G. †Scaniornis Dames 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available