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Eleutherornithidae
Taxonomy
Eleutherornithidae was named by Wetmore (1951). Its type is Eleutherornis.
It was assigned to Struthioniformes by Wetmore (1960); to Grues by Carroll (1988); and to Palaeognathae by Mayr (2009).
It was assigned to Struthioniformes by Wetmore (1960); to Grues by Carroll (1988); and to Palaeognathae by Mayr (2009).
Subtaxa
Entered
by J. Hunter on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2017-01-26
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. †Eleutherornithidae Wetmore 1951
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Witmer and Rose 1991 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available