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Geranoaetus (buzzard-eagle)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Geranoaetus was named by Kaup (1844). It is extant.

It was assigned to Buteoninae by Hay (1930); and to Accipitridae by Wetmore (1928), Lambrecht (1933) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Geranoaetus Kaup
1928Geranoaetus Wetmore p. 1
1930Geranoaetus Hay p. 317
1933Geranoaetus Lambrecht p. 416
2017Geranoaetus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusGeranoaetusKaup 1844

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.

G. Geranoaetus Kaup 1844 [buzzard-eagle]
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Geranoaetus ales Wetmore 1926
Geranoaetus conterminus Wetmore 1923
Geranoaetus contortus Wetmore 1924
Geranoaetus danana Marsh 1871
Geranoaetus melanoleucus Vieillot 1819 [black-chested buzzard eagle]
Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [variable hawk]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available