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Cathartes aura (turkey vulture)

Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Vultur aura Linnaeus p. 86
1930Cathartes aura Hay p. 311
1931Cathartes aura Wetmore p. 23
1935Cathartes aura Schultz and Howard p. 275
1940Cathartes aura Wetmore p. 29
1942Cathartes aura Miller and DeMay p. 91
1956Cathartes aura Wetmore p. 35
1959Cathartes aura Hamon p. 533
1976Cathartes aura Campbell p. 158
1977Cathartes aura Amadon p. 414
1990Cathartes aura Olson et al. p. 8
2003Cathartes aura Steadman et al.
2004Cathartes aura Broughton p. 17
2014Cathartes aura del Hoyo et al.
2017Cathartes aura Clements et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusCathartesIlliger 1811
speciesaura()

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.

Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 [turkey vulture]
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Diagnosis
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