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Cyphornithidae
Taxonomy
Cyphornithidae was named by Wemore (1928). Its type is Cyphornis.
It was synonymized subjectively with Pelagornithidae by Olson (1985), González-Barba et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Pelecanoidae by Hay (1930); to Pelecanoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960); and to Pelecaniformes by Wemore (1928), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1972).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pelagornithidae by Olson (1985), González-Barba et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Pelecanoidae by Hay (1930); to Pelecanoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960); and to Pelecaniformes by Wemore (1928), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1972).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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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. †Cyphornithidae Wemore 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||