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Herpetotheres (laughing falcon)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Herpetotheres was named by Vieillot (1817). It is extant.

It was assigned to Falconidae by Becker (1987); and to Herpetotherinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014).

Species
H. cachinnans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Herpetotheres Vieillot
1987Herpetotheres Becker p. 273
2014Herpetotheres del Hoyo 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()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
genusHerpetotheresVieillot 1817

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. Herpetotheres Vieillot 1817 [laughing falcon]
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Herpetotheres cachinnans Linnaeus 1758 [Laughing falcon]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available